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