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I was hoping this would be able people no longer judging others or feeling judged about their hair. No such luck.
by AndrewOMartin 8y ago
I was hoping this would be able people no longer judging others or feeling judged about their hair. No such luck.
- tux1968 8y agoIt's baked into evolution and sexual selection. Guys with hair look better because it says something about their suitability for reproduction. Not much different than say breast size in women. We can combat such bias at an intellectual level, but that doesn't change our underlying wiring. The nice thing about getting older is I no longer care what anyone thinks about my baldness ;-)
- sunseb 8y agoI think balding has an evolutionary purpose too: you get more vitamin D from the sun.
- scandox 8y agoTo me this sounds like utter nonsense. I never actually met a woman who had a problem with baldness. Only men. It's like a certain other subject that only men worry about and maybe 1% of women.
- tgb29 8y agoI find that men around me are more judgmental of my baldness than women
- emilsedgh 8y agoThere's a bit of stigma about a woman commenting on a bald man's head to him.
- hfdgiutdryg 8y agoWomen generally won't express it. They often won't return advances, though, which speaks louder than words. Not that it matters, as there are far more important things to be anxious about.
- dahdum 8y agoStudies have shown that a shaved head makes men appear more dominant. While that may be cultural, it’s interesting since testosterone/ dht are the instigator in hair loss.
- dmm 8y ago> It's baked into evolution and sexual selection. Human attraction is way more complicated than this
- tux1968 8y agoPlease explain.
- romdev 8y agoSexual reproduction selects either the fittest available mate or the most compatible with the group, to create offspring that is likely to be either more independent or more compatible with group living. Natural Selection favors throttling the reproductive pace of individual members of a species for the overall diversity and health of the group, and to prevent overpopulation that could be ruinous to a group. Some species are reproductive for the majority of their lives, and have shorter lifespans or less abundant reproduction. Humans' relatively long lifespan and relatively short reproductive period allow us to use less energy concerning ourselves with survival and reproduction than other species. Baldness, menopause and homosexuality are examples of nature telling us to slow down our mating activities and ideally to find other ways to contribute to the collective- like supporting the young (teach), creating persistent works (write a book), sharing resources (buy a family house), or conserving resources (die).
- loco5niner 8y agoWell, of course. They just highlighted the relevant aspect.
- guiomie 8y agoI'm pretty sure if a woman has the choice to reproduce with Jeff Bezos or some hairful homeless person, she will choose Jeff.
- tux1968 8y agoOf course it's only one small factor and not the most important by far. But all other things being equal....
- eanzenberg 8y agoNot sure because many bald powerful physically unfit men have no problems getting women.
- tux1968 8y agoIt's not like it's the only factor, or even a primary one.
- notadoc 8y ago> It's baked into evolution and sexual selection Careful, you're treading into dangerous territory by relying on scientific evidence and evolution, if you don't watch out you'll be the chased off the internet for "body shaming" or some other imagined slight by the internets virulent cultural cleansing mobs. You must learn the new rules of the modern post-fact and feelings-first world, and adjust accordingly; the first rule is that evolution is offensive!
- gamblor956 8y agoNo, he's making claims about evolution and sexual selection without any sort of scientific evidence to back them up.
- notadoc 8y agoYou don't think there is scientific evidence to back up physical attraction? LOL! Indeed we are in a post-fact era!
- refurb 8y agoIt's baked into evolution and sexual selection. Primates can go bald. My understanding is that it is a positive for sexual selection. And if humans being bald actually affected sexual selection, we wouldn't have bald men any more.
- pseudalopex 8y agoSexual selection wouldn't eliminate baldness. Most men marry between their early 20s and early 30s, when a large majority of men still have a large majority of their hair. It's influenced by a number of genes, and the X chromosome (inherited from the mother) has the most influence.
- jajajabink 8y agoSo what, not having hair is a disability now? Better stop giving insurance money to those paraplegics with the full head of hair. Bastards don't know how privileged they are to have hair.