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The Rules of Attraction

telnet_reddit_80

February 15, 2013
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Title The Rules of Attraction
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telnet_reddit_80

Upvotes 20
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Date February 15, 2013 1:16 PM UTC
(13 years ago)
Subreddit Posted in /r/TheRedPill
Original Link https://old.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/comments/18kv1m/the_rules_of_attraction/
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Comments

[–]Bobsutan 12 points13 points14 points 13 years ago* (2 children) | Copy Link

This was the most important thing you can take away from the article:

Remoff sums up her findings as follows: "Every woman responds to a man whose looks correspond to her particular stereotype of power." That is to say that women's perceptions of male looks are very much tied up with their perceptions of male status, and that perceptions of male status vary enormously from woman to woman, making them difficult, perhaps impossible, to quantify in a research survey.

In other words your value (and status) is rooted in the woman's perception. How you apply that is by scaling things up to the macro level. Want to date models? Find out what most models find attractive and adopt those elements best you can. Want to date nerdy girls? Find out what is generally found attractive to the women in that demographic and apply it to yourself. Some guys will find certain things easiers, and vice versa.

This whole thing traces back to what I called the Bell Curve Model (BCM).

The BCM:

Attraction operates on a bell curve. On one end of the spectrum are women who will be naturally attracted to you. On the other end are women who no matter what you do you're not going to win them over. In the middle are all the women who are undecided and game can win over. The amount of women in each area varies based on how attractive you are overall. The more attractive you are the easier the women in the middle will be swayed, and fewer women will be in the unwinnable category. Similarly, there will be more women in the naturally attracted category, AND their average level of attractiveness will be higher.

Your goal should be to maximize your attractiveness and then screen for women in the naturally attracted category. It's far easier to go that route than to always be fighting an uphill battle. This is essentially the MO of naturals, screening for women who already like them. They also tend to be skewed to the side of being more naturally attractive than most guys, so they don't get the negative feedback as often that causes a lot of guys not to be more outgoing with women. In other words they tend to have a positive feedback loop in life that many don't enjoy, and that positive feedback tends to be what gives men confidence, especially when we're young.

[–]westcoastwiking 4 points5 points6 points 13 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

It begs an interesting questions: Has anyone ever compiled a database of what stereotypes often attract different types of women?

Some are intuitive, some are obvious, some we know from experience. Maybe we should pool this experience.

For instance, I often dress, and play the part of, the "rich sophisticated white boy". This seams to particularly attract girls from traditional, yet low-income backgrounds. I suppose it speaks to their insecurities about wealth.

[–]Modredpillschool 0 points1 point2 points 13 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I elect you to undertake this project that I now want to know everything about.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points 13 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Mass media is always hard for me. Default to rule #1 Believe nothing. Trust nobody."

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[–]Bobsutan 6 points7 points8 points 13 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link

How do you figure?

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[–][deleted] 11 points12 points13 points 13 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Um, attractive women are way more picky. By default, it's not very easy to move up.

  • Take an attractive woman.
  • Marry her off to an alpha. Good looking, good income/income potential
  • Come back in 20 years. If the man has let himself go and she hasn't, she is gone. If he has not let himself go, and she hasn't, she's sticking around. If the income never materialized, she is gone.

Hypergamy is the idea of moving up. At the top, it's hard to keep moving up unless one of you lets yourself go.

[–]telnet_reddit_80[S] 13 points14 points15 points 13 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Attractive women are the one with the most hypergamic opportunities, yet they commit much more than less attractive women.

That's precisely why. They can extract commitment from a guy. Not just get pumped and dumped.

[–]TRP Vanguardtheubercuber 0 points1 point2 points 13 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Ahhh thanks for this. Now I understand hypergamy without the cock carousel

[–]Bobsutan 6 points7 points8 points 13 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

It's widely known that a small percentage of men get the lion's share of the sex. Based on my own experience I'd say it's only about 5-10% of men.

[–]Modredpillschool 6 points7 points8 points 13 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Riding the cock carousel is one result of female hypergamy. This article describes hypergamy. Not every woman will ride the cock carousel at all. Every woman is hypergamous.

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