Elle Beau ❇︎
1 min readMay 12, 2023

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I don't know why I'm still interacting with you on this, but I want you to demonstrate to me what is "ideological" about this:

EP assertion: Females are more likely to prefer a partner who is taller and of higher status, because such males are better protectors and providers.

Actual historical/paleontology fact: Humans lived in egalitarian groups where notions of status did not exist up until just a few thousand years ago. In fact, they actively discourage anyone from thinking they are better than anyone else in the tribe by teasing and shaming them if they seem to be getting a big head - just as they still do in H/G tribes today. Women/gatherers actually provided most of the daily calories (just as they do today) because hunting, although important, is a sporadically successful activity. Everyone looked out for and protected everyone in the band as a central survival strategy. There were no high status male "providers" and "protectors" because those dynamics did not exist until very recently.

Ergo: Females preferring taller and higher status mates only came about in the past 4% of human history. It's not a timeless human trait - it's a function of relatively recent social dynamics - to say nothing of the matrilineal cultures of today where mothers actually have the highest status.

There's zero ideology in there - it's simply stating historical facts and demonstrating how very logically they could not possible explain EP assertions.

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Elle Beau ❇︎
Elle Beau ❇︎

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