> > women there tend to prefer to be 2nd wives of a better man rather being the only wife of a lower-ranking man

> This seems like a bit of a tautology; how are they 'ranking' these men?

I am not seeing the tautology. Can you explain?

Well, if their success with multiple women is used as a factor in the ranking….

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		Let's assume for the sake of argument that success literally is how many wives someone has. > women there tend to prefer to be 2nd wives of a man with more than one wife than being the only wife of a man with a single wife How is that statement tautological?