Crackpot theory of the day: dowries are a thing because they are eugenic.
@A_P_Mason daly & wilson mention that girls have better survival among the poor & boys among the rich in many samples - makes sense
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@sarahdoingthing I never like to risk revealing how stupid I am but: shouldn't that be the other way around? -
@A_P_Mason the idea is high-caste males & low-caste females have better relative expected reproductive value https://books.google.com/books?id=3p4br9FRAUgC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=%22some+evidence+of+sex-differential+nurture%22&source=bl&ots=kvhrOsCWcD&sig=2k-93Gj8OZggei1uNKZF4LySBLA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0RmtVPjwJMWjgwT_2YCIDA&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22some%20evidence%20of%20sex-differential%20nurture%22&f=false …
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