Paternity assurance


'''Paternity assurance''' refers to cultural practices or evolved behavior in [[men]] aimed at ensuring that the offspring the man invests in is theirs. [[Women]] do not face this problem as they can always be certain the offspring they give birth to is theirs unless they stupidly mix up the babies.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7717299/Mother-baby-swapped-birth-El-Salvador-says-took-18-months-recognise-her.html</ref> Men's desire to ensure paternity can explain the evolution of a large variety of human behaviors and it may explain why women's sexual behavior has [[female subordination|heavily controlled]] across cultures and history.

Women seem to be genetically oblivious to this problem that men face, so they will gleefully [[flirt]] with other men and provoke their partner's [[mate guarding]] behavior, which is an instance of [[sexual conflict]] as women want to [[Shit test|test]] a variety of men to get the best ([[Fisherian runaway|looking]]) [[Good genes hypothesis|genes]] for her offspring.

Men have an extra incentive to ensure paternity because they provide most of the resources,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men</ref> which would be wasted on another man's offspring from a genetic point of view, if he is not careful. Not just men, but also entire families have the desire that the family's wealth remains within the family.<ref>https://quillette.com/2018/11/25/on-the-nature-of-patriarchy/</ref> This may even have evolved as a kinship adaptation. 
== Adaptations ==
Below is a list of traits and behavioral traits that may have (culturally) evolved for the purpose of paternity assurance:
* '''[[Pump and dump]] ([[promiscuity]])''': When men do not need to invest in the offspring, they tend to have much lower standards than women.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#In_short-term_dating_and_when_women_have_many_dating_options_they_are_more_choosy_about_looks_than_men</ref> However, in questions of marriage, they are also fairly choosy, presumably because they need to invest their resources and for that it is worth getting good ([[Fisherian runaway|looking]]) [[Good genes hypothesis|genes]].
* '''[[Neoteny]] and [[hebephilia]]''': By monopolizing women very early on (i.e. as children), men can ensure that no other man already had a child with the woman. This may explain why most men experience sexual arousal in response to sexual stimuli of female children or young teenagers.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#It_is_normal_for_healthy_men_to_find_pubescent_.26_prepubescent_females_sexually_arousing</ref>
* '''Religion''': It has been proposed that various aspects of religions serve the purpose of ensuring paternity.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22665788</ref>
* '''Female gossip''': Since men desire certainty regarding paternity, women are incentivized to denigrate other women's reputation of chastity and faithfulness by [[slut-shaming]].<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324460432_Competitive_reputation_manipulation_Women_strategically_transmit_social_information_about_romantic_rivals</ref>
== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[Bateman's principle]]
* [[Female subordination]]
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