Human female choosiness is also why we are very different from the common ancestor we shared with our chimpanzee cousins, while the latter are very much the same. Womens proclivity to say no, more than any other force, has shaped our evolution into the creative, industrious, upright, large-brained (competitive, aggressive, domineering) creatures that we are.42 It is Nature as Woman who says, Well, bucko, youre good enough for a friend, but my experience of you so far has not indicated the suitability of your genetic material for continued propagation.

12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson