The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
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Read between September 22 - October 11, 2022
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In many cases, literally thousands of pictures are taken of a chosen woman. Playboy, for example, was reputed to shoot roughly 6,000 pictures for its centerfold each month. From thousands of pictures, a few are selected for advertisements and centerfolds. And then those images are photoshopped. So what men see are the most attractive women in their most attractive poses with the most attractive background in the most attractive photoshopped images.
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after orgasm, a mere ten seconds later, viewing her as less attractive or even unappealing.
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R12209301057 Post-nut clarity.
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Women often have more to lose if they make errors in sexual strategies.
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there are no paradises populated with sexually liberated people who share mates freely and do not get jealous.
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When the women were asked whether a man had ever deceived them by his exaggeration of the depth of his feelings in order to have sex with her, 97 percent admitted that they had experienced this tactic at the hands of men;
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Nonetheless, because women experience greater distress than do men in response to acts of sexual aggressiveness, women might be more likely to file official complaints than men when harassed.
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When 110 college women used a 7-point scale to rate how sexually harassing a series of acts by their coworkers would be, acts such as putting his hand on a woman’s genital area (6.81) or trying to corner a woman when no one else was around (6.03) were seen as extremely harassing. In contrast, acts such as telling a woman that he sincerely liked her and would like to have coffee with her after work was judged to be only 1.50 (1.00 signifying no harassment at
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R12210081000 This study may be essential for men seriously working towards shedding off any "incel vibes".
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Men who do use coercion to get sex exhibit a distinct set of characteristics. They tend to be hostile toward women, to endorse the myth that women secretly want to be raped, and to show a personality profile marked by impulsiveness, hostility, low agreeableness, low empathy, and hypermasculinity, combined with a high degree of sexual promiscuity.
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Going to church and watching television were examples of low-risk activities. Going to a bar and walking in a dimly lit area were examples of high-risk activities.
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Women also show wariness around men who talk about sex a lot, men who are sexually aggressive, and men who have a reputation for sleeping with a lot of women.
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Nevertheless, women could improve their mate value by acquiring status or power, showing unusual adeptness at dealing with crises, displaying exceptional wisdom, or having sons, daughters, or other kin who achieved elevated positions within the group.
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To maximize the chances of preserving a long-term bond, couples would do well to remain faithful; produce children together; secure ample economic resources; act kind, generous, and understanding; and attend to their mate’s sexual and emotional desires.
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the increase in the average human life span is due mainly to a decline in infant mortality.
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The desirability of men must be evaluated by means of the psychological adaptations of women, and these mechanisms are highly sensitive to circumstances. This is not to deny the importance of average trends; indeed, selection has produced such trends over thousands of generations of human evolutionary history.
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Men live shorter lives than women and die in greater numbers of more causes at every point in the life cycle.
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Men who are unemployed, unmarried, and young are greatly overrepresented in risky activities, ranging from gambling to lethal
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Most women are unwilling to settle for men who are less educated, less intelligent, and less professionally successful than they are.
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educated women and men who choose each other tend to have happier, more stable, and more affluent marriages.
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Contrary to the view that men or women are united with all members of their own sex for the purpose of oppressing the other sex, each individual shares key interests with particular members of each sex and is in conflict with other members of each sex. Simple-minded views of a same-sex conspiracy have no foundation in reality.