Keith Elis wrote:
> Young males, in competition for mates with other males of the tribe,
> rebel first against the tribal fathers, because their territorial rules
> ensure that the fathers have first pick of the females. It is weakness
> to placidly do what you are told, and rebellion is instead a show
> strength and power. Strength and power have evolved to be signifiers of
> healthy and robust genes in males, so females are genetically pressured
> to find them attractive. Angry Young Man Syndrome is likely to be
> holdover from this early hunter-gatherer proclivity -- the need to rebel
> in order to appear strong in the face of established mating
> hierarchies.
>
> Keith
>
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