Afternoon my friends. I've been reading about Dominance hierarchy behavior in primate societies recently, and found myself reflecting on how this applies to human relationships. In primate societies, there is always either an unstable dominant (they fight) or dominant relationship between parties- the dominant ape has the power, and receives grooming from the submissive. The submissive ape receives a lopsided reciprocation but reciprocation nonetheless, and some of the dominant's spoils

TRP advocates an unabashedly male-dominated relationship, and this is also the source of it's notoriety. Like traditional gender roles overall, this strategy is clearly reminiscent of the dominant ape insofar as the onus for labor is on the homemaker wife. Support for this position can be found in the statistic that households which share chores have a higher divorce rate, and the many anecdotes of their sub. On the flip side, I've met many a married man who goes by the truism "happy wife, happy life". This is effectively the pussywhipped man often jeered at, but it is true that female dissatisfaction in a relationship is the primary driver of divorce. The roles are here switched, and is a continuation of your typical courtship scenario the woman is catered to.An unstable dominance pattern, in nature and (seemingly) marital life, amounts to a continuous struggle for power unlikely to persist. Here again is the statistic of "egalitarian" households being anything but successful.

Now, here is clearly a question of which gender is best suited to dominance. Obviously this varies depending on the personality of each mate, but it is hard to resist the conclusion that Males naturally fit the role of dominant partner. Males appear to be more externally motivated in terms of success and hardship, have a naturally more physical physique, and have an evolutionary incentive to be sexually adventurous. If this is correct, does it also validate the concept of a submissive female homemaker? Room for ample discussion, I am willing to bet.

A word in advance. Any who deny that there is a link between primate behavior and human behavior is simply denying evolution. The very act of smiling derives from teeth baring submissive exercises of the primates. It is a hard sell to say a species we share a majority of genetic history with has nothing in common with our contemporary behavior.