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I'm curious what the relation between child-rearing and balding might be, if any. The old-wives tale is that men needed to be evolutionarily "pushed" to settle down, and actually take care of their kids. I would think a drop in testosterone would actually have the reverse effect though, and reduce balding for those susceptible to dht.

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What does balding have to do with settling down? Women really don’t seem to care nearly as much as men do...

If men care and they are the ones making the decision to settle down, then it has everything to do with it.

That has not been my experience. During my dating period (about 5 years ago) I was regularly told that my full head of hair was a pre. Though there could be bias there since the ones who care obviously were more likely to seek me out.

My experience is that women - like men - have preconceived notions of attraction that are easily circumvented, to make you more overall attractive enough.

Full head of hair is a qualifier, without it different things are needed to get yourself an in. The same logic goes for many attributes are considered qualifiers that aren't.

Yes, there are some men that expend very low energy and have women seemingly flock to them. I've seen bald men in this circumstance, and full haired men in this circumstance, I would say it is a very low weighting on anything.

Balding though seems to function different than bald.

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