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In reply to the discussion: Much as I occasionally appear to be a moron, [View all]H2O Man
(78,293 posts)A story you might get a kick out of: my middle brother hung out in Ali's training camps quite a bit. He became good friends with Bundini, who liked the herb. He told my brother that the Champ would have sex with even unattractive women, because "it would be the high-point of their lives, something they would never forget."
We are primates, of course, and there are a variety of mating patterns to be found among them. However, the most common is that alpha males tend to have intercourse with a much larger number of females than, say beta males. Evidence suggests that this is not limited to the alpha males' choices. Females tend to prefer an alpha male to an incel Woody Allen-type, for example. The role of DNA is obviously a significant factor.
Hence, a star athlete, musician, or politician is more likely to spread his seed than the lonely guy at the end of the bar at closing time.