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While we can blame society for it, we can also see the same pattern in dating strategies of men and women. Men selects mates on appearance, causing social status for women to be primarily based on appearance. Women selects mates on wealth, causing social status for men to be primarily based on having or the ability to raise money. A theory would thus be that parents that want their child to have the highest social status will among other things try to maximize those attributes.

The author conclude that this mean there is a bias against girls.