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Being bald has a negative effect on reproductive success, so I don't think it's trivial. All things being relative, sure, other more important things could hav
by ravenstine 4y ago
Being bald has a negative effect on reproductive success, so I don't think it's trivial. All things being relative, sure, other more important things could have been researched, but not wanting to be bald isn't pure vanity.
- kungito 4y agoBut it has positive reproductive success for other not bald people
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoNever wanted to reproduce, so that didn’t particularly bother me. On the other hand, I don’t seem to have any problem finding willing sexual partners.
- seydor 4y agoIf that were true it wouldn't be so common
- Workaccount2 4y agoTo be fair, historically you were pumping out babies by 22. Balding in your late 20's or 30's simply meant dad was going bald.
- graderjs 4y agoMaking men less attractive after they have babies may actually improve reproductive fitness by helping solving the females-side's dilemma of being able to keep some co-carers / resource providers / companion around for the raising of the "offspring". So I don't think it's as simple as "less sex-attractive men" (if that's even true, I don't have any anecdotal evidence that bald men are less attractive to women in any way except what women say they are attracted to, but talk about attractiveness and partner choices are often independent in reality...but it may be true I don't study it), or "less sex-attractive after some time horizon" leads to lower reproductive fitness.
- drcongo 4y agoAnd dead by 40, so it didn't matter very much at all.