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[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

A son is a son until he gets a wife. A daughter's a daughter for the rest of her life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

My bf is an Iron Man!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Makes sense if single males are more solitary. Once you find a squad you post up

[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 days ago

That's not what the data suggests. Single males weren't necessarily solitary (they would have likely been living with whatever family raised them), and the DNA evidence suggests they would leave whatever family they were part of to join their partner/spouse's family.

These weren't lonely guys finding a mate and moving out of convenience or utility, this was cultural marriage behavior.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh man. Is this alpha male theory 101?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

What? No? The way I understand the comment at least, it's suggesting that males are more socially solitary. There's plenty of evidence suggesting that women, from a biological perspective, are more heavily tuned towards socialising (e.g. are more adept at giving and recognising subtle social cues, and maintaining larger social networks).

If that is the case, it makes sense that the men, who likely maintained smaller social networks within whatever group (family, tribe, etc.) they came from, would leave that group and integrate with the women group, rather than opposite.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What’re you doing, bro-in-law?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Hell, some modern age men do this too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Just passed around like cattle eh?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Iron, pfft. Makes men weak! Real men use stone!

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