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It is sometimes mistakenly stated that there are no universal sexual taboos. This is not true. There is one omni-purpose taboo which exists in every tribe. That taboo stipulates that sexuality shall not be unregulated by the tribe.
In the past, many people lived in a brutal patriarchal society where women were forced to be the sexual commodities of rich, powerful, or famous men. In the present, many people live in a progressive feminist society where women volunteer to be the sexual commodities of rich, powerful, or famous men.
In the present, many people live in a progressive feminist society where women volunteer to be the sexual commodities of rich, powerful, or famous men.
Besides, times are getting tougher, as the nanny post-WWII years are gone. That could plausibly be not so much the effect of unfortunate political turns, but a bio-social anticipation that the human tribe is hitting global limitations. Either way, consider this:
(1) Women now handle more resources than ever (perhaps). But resourceful women are not particularly attractive to the men they wish to be attracted to, according to the estrus model.
(2) Liberal males are generally not particularly resourceful, and things are getting worse. Silently they might be sidelined on a massive scale.
Compared to these rational considerations, your assumptions could be mostly wishful thinking.
But resourceful women are not particularly attractive to the men they wish to be attracted to, according to the estrus model.
I'm very inclined to treat it as Jérôme did astrology, and just ban the bullshit from the site.
"Gaming" maturity is their secret. At least, they know what they are doing, in contrast to intellectual creeps.
Which views rely more on anecdotical evidence: that families with women as principal breadwinners are totally fine, or not at all? It is yet easier to settle maturely for a marriage than make a childbearing compromise. Divorce rates are "scarily" growing, and women initiate a great majority of them. They seem to enjoy indignation towards "subpar" husbands rather ruthlessly.
The whole demographical transition to lower birthrates has a more detailed explanation in the theory that more educated women are much more choosy and (at least) less enthusiastic with bearing children with men of about equal status. UN data says that we just reached peak baby, with significant exception in Africa only, where prospects for improving status, the living standard or marrying up are still well believable.
For the rational PUA frame on this, you may check the 25:55-33:00 part in this video. (If you continue to listen, you may learn about his marriage.)
I certainly will not criticize any Chinese woman for her choices regarding reproduction. That is her choice and horny males can go fuck themselves if she is not interested in them. "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
"I would rather cry in a BMW than laugh on a bicycle."
So instead of children per woman decreasing evenly, you would have one group of women continuing having many children and another ot having any? Right?
Sounds totally off base to me, but it is a testable statement. Now go see if you can find data that supports your statement.
Comparing sizes of rich patriarchal families with families of highly successful women would be interesting -- but I have choices on whom to work for. Is there any update on conservative versus liberal families?
In nature, females of hierarchical species typically do not reproduce evenly at all. What happens in the next 5 minutes in this video should not be surprising.
Evolution and Human Reproduction Section "Social Status, Wealth, and Reproduction" is what we are talking about.
Evolution, Societal Sexism, and Universal Average Sex Differences in Cognition and Behavior
contrary to most scientists' expectations, these so-called universal sex differences have been shown to be more pronounced in Western industrial societies than in most non-Western developing societies
With that relatively modern constraint on human "natural selection" in mind, you may be interested in reading or re-reading Totem and Taboo.
Freud's theories of repressed sexuality and suppressed incest aversion among Victorian individuals, drawn from the patronizing ethnographic monographs of the day, appears to me very much alive in eurocentric fixations with "legitimate" offspring, over-population, proprietary claims to female reproductive capability, M/F genital "mutilations", so-called sexual revolution.
"Meme" to think of the next time one "consumes" fertility statistics. Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
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