Polygamy Research Paper
At the sociocultural level, interactions affect variations in skin pigmentation (Kittles, 1995). Various social, cultural, and political transformations that emerged in the 20th and 21st centuries highlight the effects of socioeconomic outcomes, especially with African Americans. Lighter-skinned African Americans tend to have higher status, occupations, higher educational attainment, and greater achievements in life. In America, skin color bias that resulted to the dark history of slavery and racial oppression intensify the sociocultural levels of color variations. Numerous black women were raped by their white masters, which resulted in fairer-skinned offspring; thereby resulting to greater skin color variations (Hill, 2002).
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Women have few opportunities for food hunting and gathering. Likewise, death rates are also high among young men. From 18th to 20th centuries, women outnumbered men at all ages because of the hunting practices resulting in high mortality rates among men. With the surplus of women, sexual selection in terms of skin color became less prominent. In the European nations, the prevalence of polygamy also decreased because of the emergence of Christianity which prohibited multiple-marriages (Frost, 2006). Thus, as time passed, color became less significant in marriage …show more content…
We can only trace back the biological, ecological, and sociocultural factors that affect color variations in the human race. Yet, we cannot be certain as to whether the skin of the origins of humans was black or white. The present assumption is that the modern humans who originated in sub-Saharan Africa were black, but were already in the process of evolving into lighter skin color (Aoki, 2002). Nevertheless, we are certain that biological, ecological, and sociocultural factors all have important roles in the development of such variations. Apart from these factors, Charles Darwin proposed strong theory about color variations: the theory of sexual selection. The theory of sexual selection in terms of mate selection and marriage systems encompass various functions of the skin as a form of vanity or beauty, health, age, and youthfulness as criteria of men when choosing a mate. From the research presented above, we come up with the following
Sexual Selection …show more content…
Women have few opportunities for food hunting and gathering. Likewise, death rates are also high among young men. From 18th to 20th centuries, women outnumbered men at all ages because of the hunting practices resulting in high mortality rates among men. With the surplus of women, sexual selection in terms of skin color became less prominent. In the European nations, the prevalence of polygamy also decreased because of the emergence of Christianity which prohibited multiple-marriages (Frost, 2006). Thus, as time passed, color became less significant in marriage …show more content…
We can only trace back the biological, ecological, and sociocultural factors that affect color variations in the human race. Yet, we cannot be certain as to whether the skin of the origins of humans was black or white. The present assumption is that the modern humans who originated in sub-Saharan Africa were black, but were already in the process of evolving into lighter skin color (Aoki, 2002). Nevertheless, we are certain that biological, ecological, and sociocultural factors all have important roles in the development of such variations. Apart from these factors, Charles Darwin proposed strong theory about color variations: the theory of sexual selection. The theory of sexual selection in terms of mate selection and marriage systems encompass various functions of the skin as a form of vanity or beauty, health, age, and youthfulness as criteria of men when choosing a mate. From the research presented above, we come up with the following