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'''Bodyguard hypothesis''' suggests that women choose to pair bond with [[Chad|the most dominant man]] available to them in order to be protected from other contending males, especially sexually coercive ones. | '''Bodyguard hypothesis''' suggests that [[women]] choose to pair bond with [[Chad|the most dominant man]] available to them in order to be protected from other contending [[males]], especially sexually coercive ones. | ||
Women arguably used to need this protection because all men are stronger than almost all women.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Almost_all_men_are_stronger_than_almost_all_women</ref> | Women arguably used to need this protection because all men are stronger than almost all women.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Almost_all_men_are_stronger_than_almost_all_women</ref> | ||
[[Dominance hierarchy|Dominance]] in this case may even refer to non-violent social power determined by e.g. [[hypergamy|wealth]], [[social skills|social competence]] and [[looks]], but in non-human animals it is more about mere physical power.<ref>Wrangham, R. W. 1979. On the evolution of ape social systems. Social Science Information 18:334-368.</ref><ref>Packer, C., and A. E. Pusey. 1983. Adaptations of female lions to infanticide by incoming males. American Naturalist 121:716-728.</ref> | [[Dominance hierarchy|Dominance]] in this case may even refer to non-violent social power determined by e.g. [[hypergamy|wealth]], [[social skills|social competence]] and [[looks]], but in non-human animals it is more about mere physical power.<ref>Wrangham, R. W. 1979. On the evolution of ape social systems. Social Science Information 18:334-368.</ref><ref>Packer, C., and A. E. Pusey. 1983. Adaptations of female lions to infanticide by incoming males. American Naturalist 121:716-728.</ref> | ||
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The bodyguard hypothesis applies in particular to unpredictable, [[life history|fast-life]] ecologies with a high prevalence of highly sexually active, [[promiscuity|promiscous]] men, and thus may primarily apply to fast-life strategic women, though other women may still possess related behavioral adaptations as vestiges. | The bodyguard hypothesis applies in particular to unpredictable, [[life history|fast-life]] ecologies with a high prevalence of highly sexually active, [[promiscuity|promiscous]] men, and thus may primarily apply to fast-life strategic women, though other women may still possess related behavioral adaptations as vestiges. | ||
== Humans == | == Humans == | ||
In humans, bodyguarding may also play a special role due to the relatively large share of resources that males provide.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men</ref><ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#In_hunter-gatherers.2C_men_use_meat_to_obtain_mating_opportunities_and_to_invest_in_mates_and_offspring</ref> A long-term bond lasting at least a few years is hence highly conductive to [[reproductive success]], especially in [[life history|K-selected species]]. For such bonds to be stable, it is required that the male is the most dominant one the woman can attract as otherwise a more dominant male could [[mogging|contest]] that bond. | In humans, bodyguarding may also play a special role due to the relatively large share of resources that males provide.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men</ref><ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#In_hunter-gatherers.2C_men_use_meat_to_obtain_mating_opportunities_and_to_invest_in_mates_and_offspring</ref> A long-term bond lasting at least a few years is hence highly conductive to [[reproductive success]], especially in [[life history|K-selected species]]. For such bonds to be stable, it is required that the male is the most dominant one the woman can attract as otherwise a more dominant male could [[mogging|contest]] that bond. | ||
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The bodyguard hypothesis may explain why women loose interest in any given relationship more quickly than men<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_rapidly_lose_interest_in_sex_once_in_a_stable_relationship_or_living_with_a_man</ref> as exposing themselves to other men instead guarantees them to be attached to the most dominant man all the time in case their previous partner lost in status in the meanwhile.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886916308534</ref> | The bodyguard hypothesis may explain why women loose interest in any given relationship more quickly than men<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_rapidly_lose_interest_in_sex_once_in_a_stable_relationship_or_living_with_a_man</ref> as exposing themselves to other men instead guarantees them to be attached to the most dominant man all the time in case their previous partner lost in status in the meanwhile.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886916308534</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Hypergamy]] | * [[Hypergamy]] | ||
* [[Rape]] | * [[Rape]] | ||
* [[Dominance hierarchy]] | * [[Dominance hierarchy]] | ||
{{Redpill}} | {{Redpill}} | ||
{{A}} | {{A}} | ||
[[Category:Theories]] | [[Category:Theories]] | ||
[[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Science]] | ||