Why looks matter in Mating
There are methods and social conventions women have used for centuries to ensure that the best male’s genes are selected and secured with the best male provisioning she’s capable of attracting. Ideally the best Man should exemplify both, but rarely do the two exist in the same male
Rollo Tomassi • The Rational Male
"physical attractiveness is extremely important in mate choice...attention is only turned toward these psychological traits [e.g., humor, friendliness, and personality] once the minimum threshold of physical attraction is met." https://t.co/0UjD0iaRrD https://t.co/0IBcQ2kLle
It’s universally accepted by those that study the dynamics between men and women, that the male sexual strategy is unlimited access to unlimited women. Whereas the female sexual strategy is open hypergamy. What that means is men want to scatter their seed far and wide. As men produce millions of sperm every month, those seeds are both ridiculously
... See moreSteve From Accounting • The Unplugged Alpha: The No Bullsh*t Guide To Winning With Women & Life
By the end of the project, Takahashi’s team had observed 268 successful matings. To their astonishment they found no correspondence between mating success and any particular tail traits. The peahens mated as enthusiastically and frequently with males that dragged underwhelming displays behind them as they did with those that possessed the fanciest... See more
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