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- adjective Of or pertaining o
hypergamy .
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“The sexual revolution in America was an attempt by women to realize their own hypergamous utopia, not that of men,” Devlin wrote.
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“The sexual revolution in America was an attempt by women to realize their own hypergamous utopia, not that of men,” Devlin wrote.
Peter Brimelow On Talk of Connecticut tomorrow at 8:20 a.m. ET 2010
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“The sexual revolution in America was an attempt by women to realize their own hypergamous utopia, not that of men,” Devlin wrote.
VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » “The New Dating Game” 2010
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Women, with a hypergamous objective function, betray by trying to replace their existing man with a better one.
The Lens of Hypergamy: An Application, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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No doubt women are naturally hypergamous and men are naturally polygamous.
The Lens of Hypergamy: An Application, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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An important social characteristic of the early Jewish Berlin salon circles was their tendency to exogamous and hypergamous marriages, their contribution to social mobility by providing marriage connections of beautiful, rich and/or clever young ladies with young men outside their own social circle, often with men of the aristocracy.
Berlin Salons: Late Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Century. 2009
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Hertz has introduced social statistics and important sociological categories like “exogamous” and “hypergamous” marriages into the research on Berlin salons.
Berlin Salons: Late Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Century. 2009
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Yet another opportunity to link to Baumeister's Is There Anything Good About Men? which touches on female hypergamous behavior in the context of reproductive selection in humans.
The Lens of Hypergamy: An Application, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Much like a man, a married, albeit dissatisfied, hypergamous woman could easily maintain an exclusive sexual relationship with her new better, "alpha" man--while giving a cold shoulder to her marriage partner and marriage certificate.
The Lens of Hypergamy: An Application, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It's not only our polygamous/hypergamous natures but also economic incentives that helps explain the different divorce initiation rates across the sexes.
The Lens of Hypergamy: An Application, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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