
AlexAP
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Just think about it: What would be the sexual strategies for men and women? Evopsych says for men it's to get the most women pregnant possible, for women it's to get the best man to make her pregnant because pregnancy has more costs for her. But that does make only sense if men don't want to provide for their offspring, because if men would get literally 600 women pregnant, they would not be capable to provide for all of them or even spend time with them.
The reality is: Men usually want to provide for their offspring. However, it's true at the same time that men are naturally wired to like to sleep with multiple women. But the reason might be two different strategies, both for men and women.
----> (1) Creating offspring: Get many women pregnant (men) / Get pregnant (women)
----> (2) Caring for offspring: Being a present father to your child (men) / being a present mother to your child (women)
Here now the brutal reality:
(1)
----> If men want to get many women pregnant, the best strategy is to sleep with as many women as possible.
----> If women want to get pregnant, the best strategy is to sleep with as many men as possible.
There is no difference here! Both men and women should logically have the same strategy to maximize the chance for offspring: Sleeping with multiple people from the opposite sex. Women for example could reduce the risk of choosing an infertile man by sleeping with many men, one of them will surely get her pregnant.
(2)
----> If a man wants to be a present father to his child, **the only strategy** (!) is to sleep consistently with only one woman who doesn't sleep with others (monogamy) to ensure that her offspring is yours.
----> If a woman wants to be a present mother to her child, **she still can sleep with many men** (!), because she will always know that her child will be hers and there's no DNA test in nature, so no men will know whether she cheated or not.
This shows that women have less incentives for monogamy than men. They don't need it to ensure their parenthood, only men would need to sleep consitently with one woman to be sure that they're the father.
TL;DR: Women are naturally designed to be more promiscuous than men, as they don't need to sleep with only one man to ensure that their offspring is theirs; meanwhile men who want to provide for a child need a monogamous relationship to be sure of their paternity.
The reality is: Men usually want to provide for their offspring. However, it's true at the same time that men are naturally wired to like to sleep with multiple women. But the reason might be two different strategies, both for men and women.
----> (1) Creating offspring: Get many women pregnant (men) / Get pregnant (women)
----> (2) Caring for offspring: Being a present father to your child (men) / being a present mother to your child (women)
Here now the brutal reality:
(1)
----> If men want to get many women pregnant, the best strategy is to sleep with as many women as possible.
----> If women want to get pregnant, the best strategy is to sleep with as many men as possible.
There is no difference here! Both men and women should logically have the same strategy to maximize the chance for offspring: Sleeping with multiple people from the opposite sex. Women for example could reduce the risk of choosing an infertile man by sleeping with many men, one of them will surely get her pregnant.
(2)
----> If a man wants to be a present father to his child, **the only strategy** (!) is to sleep consistently with only one woman who doesn't sleep with others (monogamy) to ensure that her offspring is yours.
----> If a woman wants to be a present mother to her child, **she still can sleep with many men** (!), because she will always know that her child will be hers and there's no DNA test in nature, so no men will know whether she cheated or not.
This shows that women have less incentives for monogamy than men. They don't need it to ensure their parenthood, only men would need to sleep consitently with one woman to be sure that they're the father.
TL;DR: Women are naturally designed to be more promiscuous than men, as they don't need to sleep with only one man to ensure that their offspring is theirs; meanwhile men who want to provide for a child need a monogamous relationship to be sure of their paternity.