If the females just basically refuse to 'go along' with a 'tournament' (aka a type of 'alpha male harem') arrangement, and instead just mate with whoever they want, whenever they want, it takes away a main motivation for the males to exert control. They tend to adopt an 'it takes a village' attitude, because any of the kids could be theirs for all they know.
Knowing this ... it kinda pulls a lot of things together for me when it comes to human behavior. And helps me not be quite so mad about this shit ... it's probably all quite biological in nature, going way back before humans existed.
Might read the Bonobo wiki sometime if you never have, it's pretty fascinating 
For example, a young males 'status' is based on his mother's status in the troop, not his fathers ... cause nobody knows who that was 
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