@SerfnUSA you are absolutely correct -we men really cannot fathom the degree to which women compete with each other, an indicator it seems of polygyny being the natural (and for women, preferred) relationship structure. from Artisanal Toad https://archive.ph/Aw5Fa , With 3 or 4 wives, they form their own “herd” and they police each other. That alone turns the hypergamy on its head. The structure of the marriage makes the husband more dominant and the women more submissive. In a monogamous marriage the wife can withhold sex, complain, nag and engage in passive aggressive tactics to get what she wants. Not so in a polygynous marriage. What she wants is her husband’s attention and the only way to get it is to give him what he wants: a sweet, feminine, submissive and sexually available wife.
turning hypergamy to husbands’ advantage -talk about a positive trend.