>>1697
>Instead of only one day it took her nearly 26 years
Now you took it too serious :)
But what I described was the best case scenario since we were talking about what best not about what real :)
and the best woud be if you could marry and divorce the next day or your rich husband just chokes on peanut and you inherit all his wealth :)


>"However the custom originated, as soon as women believed that men would not marry an unmutilated woman, and men believed that an unmutilated woman would not be a faithful partner in marriage, the convention was locked in place. A woman would not choose nonmarriage and not to have her own children; a man would not choose an unfaithful partner and not to have his own children."

This is pretty obviously wrong because if you want to marry you will marry. Situation when you want to marry and can't is almost impossible. The only question is the quality of your mate which you can marry.
Both men and women can only choose from what is available. if you are on the top you chose from the best if you are at the bottom you chose from the worst. your status will allow you to access higher quality partners.

And this mutilation thing simply increases perceived quality of the woman giving her access to higher quality men.

>In order to get to the pyramid's top the people on lower stratums will "imitate and exaggerate fidelity-control practices so as to gain economic, social, and reproductive access to the" higher stratums.

Yes exactly what I was saying all the time. although this mostly applies to women, men do not really care that much about those things. and they dont mind even go to the lower stratums to reduce effort required.