- Actively trying to capture resources (through theft, banditry, organized crime, raiding, or other coercive/illegal means) → with the explicit goal of improving their socioeconomic position enough to become more competitive in the marriage market or in general social hierarchies.
This resource capture is framed as a rational (if antisocial) strategy to close the gap with higher-status, married men who have better access to wealth, status, and mates.
I think it's completely reasonable behaviour tbh
@AlexBrown84
And you're not a surplus male by definition because you have resources from parents