Chapter
The Marriage Market
15:58 - 22:17 (06:19)
With increasing female choice and participation in the labor market, women are opting out of the marriage market if they can't find a high-status man they are attracted to, creating a pool of men who cannot get a date. This causes a group of young men to become the warrior caste, with the possibility of becoming polygynous as they age.
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In some societies, initiation rights are used to regulate polygyny, stemming from the concern of having an excess pool of males due to the tendency of having one male and one female.
15:58 - 18:45 (02:47)
Summary
In some societies, initiation rights are used to regulate polygyny, stemming from the concern of having an excess pool of males due to the tendency of having one male and one female. Early descriptions from the Aztec Empire indicate that the elites had taken all the available women, making it difficult for the average man to find a wife.
ChapterThe Marriage Market
Episode#422 - Dr Joe Henrich - Evolution, Psychology, Monogamy & Culture
PodcastModern Wisdom
The rise in female choice and participation in the labor market has created a situation where women prefer men of higher status than them.
18:46 - 22:17 (03:31)
Summary
The rise in female choice and participation in the labor market has created a situation where women prefer men of higher status than them. Thus, men who are not the "higher status" face difficulty in finding partners, which increases the risk of things like crime and behaviors that raise their status in the eyes of others.