I was reading this site about Economics and came across this essay saying that Monogamous marriage is the basis of Gender Equality. Is it true that women are hypergamous? Hypergamy simply means women’s base sexual nature is attracted to a higher status in relation to herself. In other words, if she does not “look up” to a man in some way, she will not be attracted to that man. But really do you guys believe that Monogamous marriage is the basis for Gender Equality? What do you think of his criticisms of Polygamy?
http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2016/09/monogamous-marriage-is-basis-of-gender.html
Here is a few opinions from the comments section:
Women generally prefer to share an alpha than have a beta to themselves, other things being equal. We know that a much greater proportion of women passed on their genes than men in our evolutionary history, leading to the conclusion that high-status men were able to monopolise a large proportion of the fertile women in their tribe. Men are less selective than women for many reasons; healthy men have a practically infinite amount of sperm and bear no cost in procreating, while women have a very limited number of eggs and have to carry a child for 9 months, with what was until recently a serious risk to their health. Women need someone to provide and protect them (especially while they are pregnant) and high-status men are best able to do that. A man only increases his genetic fitness when he impregnates a women, while a woman has potentially a lot to lose, so she has to be especially selective in her mate choice. These sexual differences lead men to having a tendency toward polygamy, while women have a tendency toward hypergamy (only the best).
"I'm not making a moral claim so much as a practical one. Women tend to want to marry men who are wealthier and higher status than themselves, so if they acquire greater wealth and power relative to men, there will be a smaller pool of men they consider acceptable for marriage. Monogamous marriage is good for society for all the reasons that LK outlined and more, so anything that weakens it should be greatly scrutinised. A society must reproduce itself to be viable in the long-term and the feminist attempts to raise the economic position of women relative to men works against this fundamental task."
http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2016/09/monogamous-marriage-is-basis-of-gender.html
Here is a few opinions from the comments section:
Women generally prefer to share an alpha than have a beta to themselves, other things being equal. We know that a much greater proportion of women passed on their genes than men in our evolutionary history, leading to the conclusion that high-status men were able to monopolise a large proportion of the fertile women in their tribe. Men are less selective than women for many reasons; healthy men have a practically infinite amount of sperm and bear no cost in procreating, while women have a very limited number of eggs and have to carry a child for 9 months, with what was until recently a serious risk to their health. Women need someone to provide and protect them (especially while they are pregnant) and high-status men are best able to do that. A man only increases his genetic fitness when he impregnates a women, while a woman has potentially a lot to lose, so she has to be especially selective in her mate choice. These sexual differences lead men to having a tendency toward polygamy, while women have a tendency toward hypergamy (only the best).
"I'm not making a moral claim so much as a practical one. Women tend to want to marry men who are wealthier and higher status than themselves, so if they acquire greater wealth and power relative to men, there will be a smaller pool of men they consider acceptable for marriage. Monogamous marriage is good for society for all the reasons that LK outlined and more, so anything that weakens it should be greatly scrutinised. A society must reproduce itself to be viable in the long-term and the feminist attempts to raise the economic position of women relative to men works against this fundamental task."
