Could this be an explanation for the protestant (northern European) work ethic and the success of the white man at solving man vs nature problems?
Change this to “success of Europe” or something like that.
Also, this hypothesis isn’t doing much for me given all the other cold, rugged places in the world.
Men are probably more naturally summer strategists. Women are more naturally winter strategists so might not be very good at knowing what they want when they are performing the summer strategy.
Differential investment in offspring due to biology. Women risk 9 months of labour when having sex and then have to wean the baby. Men aren’t forced to be around during this and can ditch and rely on the woman + family to raise the kid. This is called parental investment.
This whole theory is predicated on pregnancy happening as the result of this mating behaviour. In other words it only works when no reliable form of contraception is available. In modern society it has broken down. also it does not explain how in “winter” wartime conditions there seems to be more promiscuity and babies born to unstable parental relationships.
Change this to “success of Europe” or something like that.
Also, this hypothesis isn’t doing much for me given all the other cold, rugged places in the world.
Why?
Differential investment in offspring due to biology. Women risk 9 months of labour when having sex and then have to wean the baby. Men aren’t forced to be around during this and can ditch and rely on the woman + family to raise the kid. This is called parental investment.
This whole theory is predicated on pregnancy happening as the result of this mating behaviour. In other words it only works when no reliable form of contraception is available. In modern society it has broken down. also it does not explain how in “winter” wartime conditions there seems to be more promiscuity and babies born to unstable parental relationships.