Timeline for What would society be like if the human sex ratio was 3:1 of males:females?
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| Sep 29, 2016 at 22:54 | comment | added | dsollen | I think these extremes aren't right, even if such a sex difference could happen (fisher principle makes it impossible). If this happened after society formed then neither extreme would happen because our evolutionary psychology would be too set in the 'old' ways and we would still act mostly human with just a different culture (evolutionary psychology takes a long time to change, society develops quick). If it happens earlier then in situation A we wouldn't become human, society couldn't evolve due to competition and without it intellect would stagnate. Variant B may work, see bonobos. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 23:45 | history | edited | Frostfyre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added a disclaimer about the black & white nature of the answer
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| Apr 7, 2015 at 23:08 | comment | added | apaul | This sort of sounds like chimps vs bonobos... Chimps being group A and bonobos being group B. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 17:50 | comment | added | Frostfyre | @Spacemonkey Given that sexuality and sexual endeavors are an important part of human culture, there's an abundance of full-fledged books that can provide a wider view than the generic perspective I've presented here. The human sexuality page on Wikipedia has copious amount more information. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 17:40 | comment | added | Spacemonkey | That's a pretty black and white way to see genders. I don't see sex driving things THAT much because you can be 150% sure that males would also mate with males, regardless of how you feel about that, because -> History. So right off the bat, the ratio affects a lot more the procreation aspect of the issue than sexual desire. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 12:03 | comment | added | Frostfyre | @Venture2099 Certainly a possibility, but unlikely. Females are rarely of the power-hungry, dictatorial-rule variety. Evolution has always had males compete for mates, so it's the male that becomes the aggressor. Females among Homo sapien tend towards strong emotional bonds and care for their fellows. This ratio difference will throw these to the extremes. There will probably be some society where there is a hyper-aggressive male dictator, regardless of the authority of females. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 7:45 | comment | added | Venture2099 | I like this but, just a consideration, in the second scenario could the female not take on a hyper-dictator type role. Demanding sex or subservience in return for bestowing sexual or emotional relationships? | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 1:06 | history | answered | Frostfyre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |