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The probability to get laid is a function of sex ratio

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Re: The probability to get laid is a function of sex ratio

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Not really. Females are highly selective. So top 20% males will get laid multiple times, while 80% will not.

Anecdotal evidence or do you have a link to this claim?

Depends if species is monogamous, basic ethology stuff.

Re: The probability to get laid is a function of sex ratio

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One of the things I really dislike about modern sexuality studies is that they never take into account the fact that humans are primates. At least, none of the trendy ones do. They also tend to focus on a microcosm of sexuality.

This one is quite a bit worse, as the baity math lingo in the title has nothing to do with the actual content of the article.

Re: The probability to get laid is a function of sex ratio

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Not really. Females are highly selective. So top 20% males will get laid multiple times, while 80% will not.

Anecdotal evidence or do you have a link to this claim?

It's actually proven out long term in the genome. Only about 40% of all men who've ever lived had children. 80% of women have. Women have higher selectivity toward partners.

Wilder, J. A., Mobasher, Z., & Hammer, M. F. (2004). "Genetic evidence for unequal effective population sizes of human females and males". Molecular Biology and Evolution, 21, 2047-2057.

Re: The probability to get laid is a function of sex ratio

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Not really. Females are highly selective. So top 20% males will get laid multiple times, while 80% will not.

Anecdotal evidence or do you have a link to this claim?

Just one of the usual MRA talking points.