RE: Why did tradition exist in the 1st place?

Agreed. Basically, civilization required that men share the good of female erotic capital equitably (enforced monogamy). This reduced intra-male sexual competition. Tolerated polygny = intensified competition over mates and at least some of its historically attendant nastiness. So funny how incel researchers will say stuff like "teach men not to define themselves by their success at sexual conquestst" as if women themselves don't use knowledge about a man's reputation with women as a criteria for selecting him, so men are forced to care about it. "Teach men not to judge themselves by sexual conquest" = also means "teach men to become okay with a sexual marketplace artificially lopsided in favor of women in many ways which reduce male wellbeing." What's the degree of male frustration they're willing to tolerate? It ain't just incels that are "frustrated." The next tiers of guys who have to deal with modern roasties are nearly as resentful because roasties' perception of the increased demand for their sexual availability (a result of polygyny) increased their bargaining power and entitlement. Hence narcistic roasties being able to demand "open relationships" and the soys going against their natural "mate guarding" instinct to placate them. I'd rather be an incel a thousand times over than that soy.