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Both you and the Reddit poster are overlooking the obvious evolutionary explanation. To a father, a daughter's eggs are a precious reproductive resource. A daug
by gabrielroth 17y ago
Both you and the Reddit poster are overlooking the obvious evolutionary explanation. To a father, a daughter's eggs are a precious reproductive resource. A daughter who squanders her reproductive potential on lower-status mates is diminishing her father's genetic legacy. (This doesn't hold for sons, because they have a virtually unlimited reproductive capacity.)
- ErrantX 17y agoI was just using a random example to highlight the idea he is probably wrong in portraying that as an accurate assessment. Now we have 3 ideas - I'm inclined to agree yours has a lot of bearing.