Reply #15: Point is, "these men" have the mark of success. Oh so Darwinian... [View All]

[TheMadMonk]

...for the genes to always "choose" a mate with the "right stuff" (for the times).

Mistressing for a person of sufficient wealth and influence has always been an acceptable, albeit disreputable and potentially dangerous career choice for a girl.

In a different society it manifests as the harem and various forms of polygamy. In some not so distant locales, in a time not too far gone, "paying the rent" had a very well known meaning.

Get primitive enough and its the ones who stump up with the meat.

Like it or lump it, the statistics tell the story, and the story is: By fair means or foul, the propogation of the species. Mating for love is a dangerously overated luxury of universal afluence.

I'm not making any moral judgements or arguments, simply noting observed behaviour.