Effects of gender inequality and wealth inequality on within-sex mating competition under hypergyny
Brooks, R. C., Blake, K. R., & Fromhage, L. (2022). Effects of gender inequality and wealth inequality on within-sex mating competition under hypergyny. Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(6), 501-509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.08.006
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Evolution and Human BehaviorPäivämäärä
2022Tekijänoikeudet
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Resources are often central to the formation and persistence of human consortships, and to the evolutionary fitness consequences of those consortships. As a result, the distribution of resources within a society should influence the number and quality of mating opportunities an individual of given status/wealth experiences. In particular, in a wide variety of societies, both contemporary and historic, women have been shown to prefer mates of higher rather than lower status and wealth, a pattern known as ‘hypergyny’. Such status-dependent within-sex competition is influenced not only by the preferences individuals express but also by the distribution of resources within and between sexes. Empirical studies show that economic inequality within a sex can amplify mating competition, and that inequalities between women and men also influence behaviours related to mating competition, but the links between resource distribution and mating competition have attracted limited systematic attention. We present simulation models of hypergynous preferences and the effects on mating competition among men and among women within a heterosexual mating market. Our modelling shows that the lower mating success of poorer men and richer women (when compared with richer men and poorer women) is worsened when resource gender gaps are relatively small or when women out-earn men on average. Likewise, high economic inequality, especially among men, amplifies the competition experienced by these groups. We consider the political implications in terms of sex- and status-dependent attitudes to gender equity, wealth inequality, and hypergynous mating norms.
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Fromhage, Lutz; Brooks, Robert; Blake, Khandis. (2022). Effects of gender inequality and wealth inequality on within-sex mating competition under hypergyny. University of Jyväskylä. https://doi.org/10.17011/jyx/dataset/82926. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202209024459Julkaisu tutkimustietojärjestelmässä
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