Mads Larsen

We have a mixed system. We both have a promiscuous attraction system and a pair bonding attraction system. And for every human community that has existed, a fundamental challenge has been how to reconcile women's different preferences according to those attraction systems in a way that allows functional mating. Now, men are different. Their promiscuous attraction system is very inclusive.

We have a mixed system. We both have a promiscuous attraction system and a pair bonding attraction system. And for every human community that has existed, a fundamental challenge has been how to reconcile women's different preferences according to those attraction systems in a way that allows functional mating. Now, men are different. Their promiscuous attraction system is very inclusive.

Most men would sleep with most women, while most women would sleep only with a small proportion of men. So What happened when we tried to introduce this system for the first time with the second sex revolution in the 18th century, things went very poorly because we didn't have contraceptives and we were so poor that breaking up was very hard and women weren't independent.

Most men would sleep with most women, while most women would sleep only with a small proportion of men. So What happened when we tried to introduce this system for the first time with the second sex revolution in the 18th century, things went very poorly because we didn't have contraceptives and we were so poor that breaking up was very hard and women weren't independent.

Most men would sleep with most women, while most women would sleep only with a small proportion of men. So What happened when we tried to introduce this system for the first time with the second sex revolution in the 18th century, things went very poorly because we didn't have contraceptives and we were so poor that breaking up was very hard and women weren't independent.

They were dependent on men. So you had a very high rise in illegitimacy because women competed for the most attractive males. And when they became pregnant, a lot of the time the man just moved on, which wasn't allowed a century earlier. So then we had a pullback with romanticism and we went back to, we connected copulation to pair bonding again.

They were dependent on men. So you had a very high rise in illegitimacy because women competed for the most attractive males. And when they became pregnant, a lot of the time the man just moved on, which wasn't allowed a century earlier. So then we had a pullback with romanticism and we went back to, we connected copulation to pair bonding again.

They were dependent on men. So you had a very high rise in illegitimacy because women competed for the most attractive males. And when they became pregnant, a lot of the time the man just moved on, which wasn't allowed a century earlier. So then we had a pullback with romanticism and we went back to, we connected copulation to pair bonding again.

But then in the 1960s with birth control and post-World War II prosperity, we were able to implement this system. And then because of this gap between women's promiscuous and pair bonding attraction systems,

But then in the 1960s with birth control and post-World War II prosperity, we were able to implement this system. And then because of this gap between women's promiscuous and pair bonding attraction systems,

But then in the 1960s with birth control and post-World War II prosperity, we were able to implement this system. And then because of this gap between women's promiscuous and pair bonding attraction systems,

we've seen an increasing stratification among men, where some men at the top get an increasing amount of mating opportunities, and then while men at the bottom are being excluded from mating, both long-term and short-term. That means relationships and uncommitted sex, respectively.

we've seen an increasing stratification among men, where some men at the top get an increasing amount of mating opportunities, and then while men at the bottom are being excluded from mating, both long-term and short-term. That means relationships and uncommitted sex, respectively.

we've seen an increasing stratification among men, where some men at the top get an increasing amount of mating opportunities, and then while men at the bottom are being excluded from mating, both long-term and short-term. That means relationships and uncommitted sex, respectively.

And if people can't find somebody to partner with, if they can't pair bomb, it's just much less likely that they will reproduce. So as the single rate has skyrocketed over the past four or five decades, you also see an increase in low fertility.

And if people can't find somebody to partner with, if they can't pair bomb, it's just much less likely that they will reproduce. So as the single rate has skyrocketed over the past four or five decades, you also see an increase in low fertility.

And if people can't find somebody to partner with, if they can't pair bomb, it's just much less likely that they will reproduce. So as the single rate has skyrocketed over the past four or five decades, you also see an increase in low fertility.

Well, so in Norway, the fertility rate is 1.4. And experts haven't wanted to portray this negatively. They've said that, well, it's low, but the population is going to continue to increase. And people have an impression that centuries ahead, this will have drastic consequences. But the fact is that with a fertility rate of 1.4, you lose one third of your generational size per generation.

Well, so in Norway, the fertility rate is 1.4. And experts haven't wanted to portray this negatively. They've said that, well, it's low, but the population is going to continue to increase. And people have an impression that centuries ahead, this will have drastic consequences. But the fact is that with a fertility rate of 1.4, you lose one third of your generational size per generation.

Well, so in Norway, the fertility rate is 1.4. And experts haven't wanted to portray this negatively. They've said that, well, it's low, but the population is going to continue to increase. And people have an impression that centuries ahead, this will have drastic consequences. But the fact is that with a fertility rate of 1.4, you lose one third of your generational size per generation.