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ORIGINAL: RumpusParable

If memory serves correctly, that conclusion was based on a study of the scale from hypermasculinity to hyperfemininity and it's effects on relationships.  The meaning of "dominant" as used there is not the same as how it is used in BDSM and PE situations, but rather as we tend to refer to as "domineering".  The men being referred to were those that take it to the point of negatively controlling, distrusting and somewhat degrading females in non-PE relationships.

In the study, females were found to be happiest long-term with those more moderate (or "androgyonous") or more considerate ("feminine") than these types of males. 

The use of "masculine", "androgynous", and "feminine" was using highly stereotyped and extreme traits, *not* actually referring to average gender expectations or behaviors.  It can be misleading to someone just reading the summary (or this post).  For example, many of the very dominant and traditional-householded males on these boards (or who I personally know in meatlife) would fall into the androgynous or feminine reaches of the scale used.

Perhaps it's not based on the same study as I'm familiar with, if not then disregard.  But that's the case with the one I've seen tied to that conclusion.

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ORIGINAL: kittyinpink

I came across a section in my Social Psychology text on Dominance that i thought was ummm... interesting.

"Although women are initially atrracted to dominant and competitive males, such men are not particularly pleasant to live with. Women in long-term relationships with traditionally masculine men are less satisfied than women in relationships with more feminine or androgynous men."

My professor decided to skip this section, so what do you think?

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ORIGINAL: kittyinpink

I came across a section in my Social Psychology text on Dominance that i thought was ummm... interesting.

"Although women are initially atrracted to dominant and competitive males, such men are not particularly pleasant to live with.  Women in long-term relationships with traditionally masculine men are less satisfied than women in relationships with more feminine or androgynous men."

My professor decided to skip this section, so what do you think?

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ORIGINAL: RumpusParable

If memory serves correctly, that conclusion was based on a study of the scale from hypermasculinity to hyperfemininity and it's effects on relationships.  The meaning of "dominant" as used there is not the same as how it is used in BDSM and PE situations, but rather as we tend to refer to as "domineering".  The men being referred to were those that take it to the point of negatively controlling, distrusting and somewhat degrading females in non-PE relationships.

In the study, females were found to be happiest long-term with those more moderate (or "androgyonous") or more considerate ("feminine") than these types of males. 

The use of "masculine", "androgynous", and "feminine" was using highly stereotyped and extreme traits, *not* actually referring to average gender expectations or behaviors.  It can be misleading to someone just reading the summary (or this post).  For example, many of the very dominant and traditional-householded males on these boards (or who I personally know in meatlife) would fall into the androgynous or feminine reaches of the scale used.

Perhaps it's not based on the same study as I'm familiar with, if not then disregard.  But that's the case with the one I've seen tied to that conclusion.