Re:U.S. Suffers Sharpest Rise in Poverty Rate in More Than 5...
by eloff on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:18PM
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Yeah, that's a good point about power.
You could probably go further and tie some of that discomfort into competition for mates. If my neighbor had more than me, I might start to worry that he will outcompete me in the market for a mate. I'm not sure this matters as much today - but one can imagine it did for most of human history when communities were much smaller and the majority of men died without leaving offspring behind.
It's an interesting idea, I don't know if there is something to it or not. It's hard to discuss anything involving gender roles these days.
You could probably go further and tie some of that discomfort into competition for mates. If my neighbor had more than me, I might start to worry that he will outcompete me in the market for a mate. I'm not sure this matters as much today - but one can imagine it did for most of human history when communities were much smaller and the majority of men died without leaving offspring behind.
It's an interesting idea, I don't know if there is something to it or not. It's hard to discuss anything involving gender roles these days.