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>>So the question is, how do you as a women visibly show that your mate-value match that of your man (assuming your man is high-status)?

I think the answer is: You don't. On the mating market, a high-status man is higher status than any woman. Women who marry high-status men face a choice:

1. Be sure enough he values your companionship that he will resist all polygynous temptations laid before him

2. Accept a precarious position

3. Look desperate in your attempts to match his visible status.

For the above reason, I have always suspected that high-status men aren't that attractive after all.

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That seems like a controversial topic worth exploring in depth. Maybe worth its own blogpost?

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Well, I said I was going to write a post celebrating beta males as the pillars of civilization. Maybe I could write something about their excellent qualities as life partners too.

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