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by belorn 2655 days ago
> If that 20% figure stays constant no matter what men do - then one explanation might be that mate choice for women is highly status driven.

Pretty easy to test. Look if the data is different based on time period or nationality. The ability to spend time and effort on being attractive is not a natural constant, so it should fluctuate depending food availability, wars, and so on.