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by Fyyr » Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:05 am
"In fact, we have seen a rise in male propensity to make mating judgments based on physical characteristics..."
There has been no rise of this in the last 10,000 years. It has been bred into us for at least 200K years.
What we do see in recent and contemporary time scales is more akin to a decadence(or indulgence). We are more free now, both male and female, in our culture to express our individual whims and wishes. Those things which are feelings based, have more freedom to express now. But they are only in there, or exist as feelings in the first place, because evolution placed them in there. You can have wiring in a house that does not get used for a while, then the environment changes, and you are using that part of the house, and its wiring. But the wiring was always in there, behind the walls, and above the ceiling. You just get to use it now.
I agree with Tudamorf in his assessment. Any baby mama or baby daddy will be able to attest to this. When the whole society devotes itself to raising other men's children, then that gives many men the freedom to eschew their own responsibility. And the women let them do it(because they are able to feed and clothe their children from money from the welfare state). Of course today stating the truth is borderline racism. And that is frowned upon much more than hitting it and splitting, and leaving the mom and kids on her own.
For every male who is 'trapped' and gets hit with coerced 18 years of support, there is another male who runs, not paying a dime. Your paleo people on the site neglect that.