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The sexual dimorphism in strength and [[neoteny]] may in part come from men preferring short, weak women who are easy to control and hence less likely to [[cuckold]] them. In fact, not just men have this preference, but also their relatives who have an interest their heirs of their family wealth are genetically related (as [[reproductive success]] of genetically related individuals slightly increases the fitness of one's own genes due to the similarity of the genes, i.e. kin selection). | The sexual dimorphism in strength and [[neoteny]] may in part come from men preferring short, weak women who are easy to control and hence less likely to [[cuckold]] them. In fact, not just men have this preference, but also their relatives who have an interest their heirs of their family wealth are genetically related (as [[reproductive success]] of genetically related individuals slightly increases the fitness of one's own genes due to the similarity of the genes, i.e. kin selection). | ||
The bodyguard hypothesis may explain why women loose interest in | The bodyguard hypothesis may explain why women loose interest in many relationships 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> | ||
=== Extra-pair mating === | === Extra-pair mating === | ||
There are two broad hypotheses in evolutionary psychology that seek to explain extrapair mating (infidelity) among human females. | There are two broad hypotheses in evolutionary psychology that seek to explain extrapair mating (infidelity) among human females. | ||