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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2011-01-28 11:01 am

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Re: •Men more likely to stick with girlfriends who sleep with other women than other men

[identity profile] drainboy.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Even better if they leave once you've got them pregnant. Two women raising your children for you? EVOLUTIONARY WIN!

But a man that might get you pregnant then leave you for another man so you have to bring up the child yourself: EVOLUTIONARY LOSE!

Given the gender roles in terms of who can and can't get pregnant there's no way I would have thought it could go the other way (not to say that's not worth testing, but I'd have bet the house on it)

Re: •Men more likely to stick with girlfriends who sleep with other women than other men

[identity profile] undeadbydawn.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
that's not evolution, it's sociology.

Re: •Men more likely to stick with girlfriends who sleep with other women than other men

[identity profile] drainboy.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
You could talk about it in terms of sociology or psychology or whatever you like. I'm merely thinking about it in terms of the benefits it passes onto your genes to have that strategy when dealing with those sorts of situations (and obviously humans can rise above that, as evolution is far from everything there is, especially when you know about it).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionarily_stable_strategy