...of civilization? By "civilization" I mean the spread of knowledge and ideas over a civilized manner. I say this because women choose who will raise the children of the next generation. When women have relationships with "bad boys" are they not choosing the next generation to have bad role models, hence bad or no fathers and therefore, causing the next generation to be more violent? Bad boys= Incompetent fathers= Higher probability of unstable upbringing=Limited contribution to next generation.