<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">That makes perfect sense, but why would men marry beneath them? Can't stand intellectual equality? Choosing on looks primarily? bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 10:38 AM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Quoting William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <br>
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> Regarding various intellectual and other skills needed by society, who is<br>
> likely to choose a mate above them in these skills, and who is more likely<br>
> to choose a mate below them?<br>
><br>
> Women tend to marry above - men below.<br>
><br>
> Who is smarter?<br>
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Although the issue is complicated by various cultural considerations <br>
such as child-support, media, etc, the basic biology is that both <br>
women and men are making the best choice available to them based on <br>
what resources they are staking on a mate. Ultimately, the man has a <br>
single ejaculation at stake and those are pretty easy to come by for <br>
a man. For a woman, the stakes are, at a minimum, a nine month <br>
gestation period where she will be less able to outrun predators. Men <br>
use a shotgun approach to mating while women are snipers that <br>
carefully line up their shots. If you were spending a hundred dollars <br>
on lunch, you would be more inclined to order the filet mignon and <br>
lobster than the grilled cheese sandwich that you would have settled <br>
for it lunch was only a buck.<br>
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Stuart LaForge<br>
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