>>4911
a "slight selective influence"? No. When women are free to choose partners their preferences determine which men reproduce and which don't. Those preferences naturally tend towards not wisdom and commitment but assertiveness and not giving a fuck (independence) unless wise men who commit have high status. Women reward (instinctively, not deliberately) certain kinds of behavior in men with sex, encouraging it. This is how they shape masculinity.

You should read Heartiste and Jim starting with https://blog.jim.com/culture/all-women-are-like-that/.