[lbo-talk] why do beautiful women marry ugly men?

[Michael J. Smith]

On Thursday 03 August 2006 16:20, Doug Henwood wrote:
> According to this news article, “Selection pressure means when  
> parents have traits they can pass on that are better for boys than  
> for girls, they are more likely to have boys. Such traits include  
> large size, strength and aggression, which might help a man compete  
> for mates. On the other hand, parents with heritable traits that are  
> more advantageous to girls are more likely to have daughters.”

I'm baffled. How is this supposed to work, genetically or epigenetically? 
Dad's little swimmers are each carrying their X or Y chromosome and 
whatever beauty genes he may have contributed. Is the presence of the 
latter supposed to affect the presence of the former? Or have Mom's 
beauty genes somehow programmed Big Egg to turn away the boy-making 
swimmers? 

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  Michael J. Smith

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