NihilusZero -> RE: Why don't men read a female's profile CAREFULLY? (2/21/2011 10:46:37 AM)
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ORIGINAL: leadership527 One of the underlying truths to all such behavior is that both genders behave in the way that the other gender has taught them to. Success in the mating game is a major thing for us humans. By the way, it's a lot worse than the specific example you cited. This shouldn't come as a news flash to anyone, but women are highly attracted to bad boys... at least for a quick fuck. Us men know that. We are highly incented to be "bad" especially if we ourselves are not looking for a long-term relationship. Of course, some of us can simply say, "that's not a game I wish to play" then see if there's any other game in town. I prefer to play a different game with different rules. In my game, the only possible reward from a relationship stems from what I personally invest in it. So I have no incentive to minimize my investment and a lot of incentive to maximize it as quickly as I can. Agreed. Yet, supply and demand will also dictate which games one may have to play if they're going to play at all (unless a person has other lures in their favor), and the measuring stick everyone, including ourselves, always defaults to is currently having a partner versus not having one. quote:
ORIGINAL: DarkSteven It may be fantastic but in my opinion is misdirected. The goal seems to be to elicit a response, which in my opinion is wrong. My goal is to give my cmailee a quick glimpse of what I'm like. If she responds to that, cool. But I'm not going to play games to boost reply rates if it results in an incorrect impression of me. This I see as noble but largely futile. As is evidenced by many responses here, both irl and online, women typically still enjoy the age old idea of being pursued and romanced. Which means the wittily constructed quick-message that focuses on them (or shows in some form or another that you have honed in on something unique to them) will habitually be favored to a message that's self-descriptive and objectively honest (some may even take that to seem like a "he talks about himself" thing). Except in rare cases, being human and desiring to meet a prospective partner involves the need to play games because we've psychologically validated them and continue to do so.
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