Quote from: ForcedPuberty on November 30, 2014, 05:19:25 PMmy above statements are still irrefutable where women are treated as cattle to be collected on a multiple wives basis and then shared by all the men in the family and not for love.
but for arguments sake I will coment on the article.
1 it is a study based on scientific predictive modeling for a theoretical basis, these types of studies can easily be manipulated by incorrectly inferring base rates that are wrong. that is just 1 example of how you could change the results.
and 2) in actuality the study even lists that the dotoga men as an average are 166.7cm and women were on average 157.6cm. showing that in real world terms that on average they marry shorter women which is contrary to the model.
3) the study even lists contrary to you opinion stating: that even if men choose taller women that it was only 10% to 20% at best (depending on which ethnicity) which still is miniscule compared to average and majority of the population and in no way shows a preference for taller women but rather a less acute preference for height dominance for the male partner.
and finally if I were (a woman) and treated as cattle and part of a marriage where I was 1 of 6 wives to be used by a man AND ALL OF HIS BROTHERS AND RELATIVES AS PLAY THINGS...... then I too would probably say I want to be in a relationship where the man and women is equal height, it could be a psychological response to the women stating that they want to be treated as equals and not as cattle.
note the women never said they wanted to be taller, they wanted to be equal.
there are so many flaws to this theoretical predictive hypothesis, but in reality even these tribes by the vast majority choose smaller women for wives than the stature of the men are. and this is all meaningless with the fact that women are treated as play things to be taken in multiples like cattle, this is not mate selection based on love........... it is slavery to women where rich people can buy more wives. im sure if I could buy wives and as many as I want I would probably buy a few taller than myself.
and don't forget the study even stated that dotoga people(men) as a majority choose the model where the man was the tallest and the woman was the shortest. it was only the women who choose to be equal in footing........ I bet they don't feel like they are treated as equals given the polygamist society.
The Dotoga overwhelmingly choose couples where men and women were of equal height or when the men were shorter. Your psychosocial speculation about the Dotoga culture is completely without merit in the absence of any research to confirm it. You can't use your meaning my speculation as some sort of rebuttal to this comprehensive study on the absence of height preference in Dotoga culture. also, to refer to the women as "playthings" would be a ridiculous western interpretation of Dotoga culture. Do these women feel that they are being exploited or taking advantage of, or do they simply see it as a benign part of their culture? Judging their culture's sexual attitudes through contemporary western feminism is absolutely ridiculous.
