What caused Hypergamy to evolve?

Theoneandholy69 · 2020-06-29T18:09:27+00:00

Globalization. Instagram.

cunningcaring · 2020-06-29T17:58:03+00:00

Survival. Going for the best you can get.

2020-06-30T00:08:11+00:00

In modern times? In short: Social media.

E.g. instagram, snapchat etc. Not only provide those what girls crave the most, aka attention and validation, but they also inflate their ego by a huge margin. It is like a never ending drug. Girls will ride on a constant "high" up until it becomes their new "neutral" stimulus - making them depressed when they can't increase the constant validation & positive feedback anymore.

In the past you were restricted by time and place. That meant that girls (and guys obviously) could only get to know what was in their immediate environment. Either through family or friends, clubs, sports, school.. you name it. It's hard to imagine, but if you don't know that something better exists, you basically believe that what you have is almost close to the best. You are automatically more satisfied because you have nothing to compare to.

Modern techniques, social medias and especially Tinder ruined these restrictions. Now there is always bigger and better. There is no upper limit anymore for anything. Now you not only have to compete with your immediate surroundings and peers, but with the whole fucking world.

People who have it all, people who were born into the perfect life, people who are already at the finish line, they are all your competitors now.

LongLiveDetroit · 2020-06-29T19:45:49+00:00

they have a higher chance of survival leaving a man with less resources for a man with more resources

2020-06-29T21:01:10+00:00

I'm assuming men used to go to war/hunting alot in the past and most of them didn't come back. So women developed hypergamy as a way to get a man who will go to war and come back. This men were most likely the strongest or most skilled in a certain army/hunting group.

alex_de_tampa · 2020-06-29T21:45:00+00:00

Can have pups with the weakest wolf in the pack.

CuriousIncel2 · 2020-06-29T17:27:01+00:00

Hypergamy is the strategy of mating with someone higher value. But I think in this context you're referring to women trading up for a higher value man.

Monogamy caused that. Women are happy to share a high value man. But because of monogamy there aren't enough of those available (top 10%) so they settle in the interim.

Title	What caused Hypergamy to evolve?
Author	Maxtrill12
Upvotes	5
Comments	7
Date	June 29, 2020 5:13 PM UTC (6 years ago)
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