This discussion goes around in circles for the same reason the "looks" threads go around in circles. Because instead of acknowledging the fact that women's attraction mechanism is COMPLICATED, and that they ARE attracted to looks, just like they are attracted to status, power, fame, confidence, and any number of other traits a man might possess, you try to explain or justify your life as you have defined it by saying that "looks don't matter" and "money only attracts low quality women".
You are looking at your own reality, your own perception of things, and trying to make it "fit".
Mr.Positive said:
Masculinity attracts women and keeps women attracted to you for the long haul
Define masculinity.
Masculinity is strength, ambition, confidence, etc.
THOSE ARE TRAITS ASSOCIATED WITH A MAN WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO ACQUIRE WEALTH.
Everyone goes on and on trying to pick it apart, but it's really simple.
List some masculine traits that go AGAINST what I am saying. You can't. because being masculine (in the non-physical sense) means being the guy who has the capacity to protect, provide, and increase social standing, among other things.
Looks and money do not generate true attraction, they are like shiny lures, fun for awhile until the shine goes away. This is why guys worry about the BBD, and this is why rich guys wives bang the pool boy when nobody is looking.
Do you REALLY believe this?
So "masculinity" attracts women, but looks and money do not?
Rich guys wives bang the pool boy because of his
looks.
Contradicted yourself a little, didn't you?
Rollo knows where I'm coming from, and I know he has probably done twice the research that I have on the subject, but it comes down to the fact that women seek a multitude of different qualities in a man, and it generally takes more than one man to satisfy their biological urges. One is the good dad, the other has the good genes.
So what about men? You are attracted primarily to a woman's looks, just like every other heterosexual male to have walked the planet. Does that mean that you are chasing a "shiny lure" when you seek the best looking piece of pu$$y you think you can get? No, it means that you are seeking the best genes for your progeny. You are WIRED for it.
You are basically saying that looks and "substance" are mutually exclusive. I don't buy it. Again, you are lumping women into two categories when there is actually an entire spectrum.
ketostix said:
And it's not an "materialistic American" phenomonen or a modern thing based on conditioning either. Through out recorded history the wealthy had harems regardless of their looks or personality in just about every culture. I can't believe some are arguing against a long historical fact, jeez.
They won't acknowledge your point or will find a way to discredit it, such as by saying "women who were part of a harem weren't "quality" women.
You can find evidence to support what I am saying going all the way back to ancient times, but these guys have it all figured out. :yes:
Vulpine said:
I agree, a woman might leave when a better provider comes along... or because she's bored, or because the wind blew, or because there was a sale at K-mart.
And you REALLY believe this?
You're a smart guy. You know better. You either didn't think that rebuttal through, or you are just trying to be argumentative.
Women don't leave a man for "no" reason or for "stupid" reasons. You might rarely know exactly why she left you, but you can bet your ass there is a reason behind it, and more often than not it's tied to the fact that she perceives you to be lacking in some way or that she perceives another man to be better than you are.
"Displays of wealth and status"? Like, stacks of wood and a big, warm, log home full of meat?
Let's use your supermodel v. CEO example: the supermodel has a pricetag on her vagina that only the CEO could afford (read: CEO is the best provider). That's his and her CHOICE of LIFESTYLE, that's their world, their social circles, etc. Let's also use the jungle village example (mind you, they choose that lifestyle). Since we've determined that the CEO of the village is the best provider, then, the supermodel of the jungle village would naturally choose the CEO, right? Of course, but, the supermodel of the village might not be what the CEO would WANT or CHOOSE, would she? Now, what if the supermodel of the USA village isn't what I would want or choose? What if the CEO of the Jungle village didn't want to deal with her crap either? What then? What if the CEO wore flannel shirts and work boots all the time and lives in a teepee because he CAN?
Choice.
You can pretend that you are "above" all of this, but you aren't.
You would really LOVE for your little "it's all MY choice" ideal to be true, but in reality your "I'm Vulpine, I'll do what I want" attitude will knock you down the totem pole and you WILL NOT secure the highest value piece of ass.
"Well maybe I don't want that! I want a "good" girl, a woman of substance. I will use my filtering devices to find her"
Yeaaaa.....right.
My angle, simply, is that the bulk of women, including the "grey area" of gold-digger spectrum, that concern themselves and use wealth as a qualification, are generally low-quality women. Wealth attracts garbage women who are lazy, can't cook, don't clean, have a princess sense of entitlement, shop and spend your money, or otherwise have little to offer besides their holes. The higher up on the "gold-digger" spectrum you go, the lower the quality woman. I won't even get into "professional women".
Until you understand the basic concept that ALL women are "professionals", you will never get it.
edger said:
Show me where it's been researched, proven, and documented that most hot women are "biologically wired" to "hone" in on "wealthy" guys. I'll gladly read it. But again, if that's really the case Str8up, then why have I cited the examples of what I've beared witness to, where attractive women have gone for the avg. income guy as well as REJECTED the "wealthy" guy? I've pointed them out to you in this thread. And like I said, the hot women that do hone in on wealthy guys, a lot of times has to do with them being conditioned by their households and society to, "hone in on the wealthy guys, marry wealthy". We live in a materialistic society.
All of my books are still in boxes and I'm not going to spend an hour sifting through them, but a quick google search turned up this paper that cites specific studies which you are welcome to research
http://www.anthro.utah.edu/PDFs/ec_evolanth.pdf
Here is a paragraph on page three that will point you in the right direction if you DO care to learn something about the subject rather than continuously citing your own dubious observations as "proof".
"If women act on these stated preferences we would expect wealthy men
to have more mates, and there is ample cross-cultural evidence that they do
(see Low12 and citations therein). The importance of resources to women is
apparent even in egalitarian societies such as the Ache and the Sharanahua,
where the best hunters are able to attract the most sexual partners.13−14,15(pp158−165)"
Mr.Positive said:
It's funny how it's mostly the rich people that stress and b!tch about money, I've found.
It's funny how I have found it to be exactly the opposite.
This is a common mistake people make, and it is based upon the assumption that you know who is truly wealthy and who isn't.
I don't have a better crystal ball than the next guy, but I know all too well the assumptions people make, because they make them about ME all the time.
So I am very careful about who I assume to be wealthy, and I realize that most of the time these people AREN'T wealthy, and in fact they have MORE money problems than those who are supposedly "poor". And these are the "unhappy wealthy people" you are seeing, more often than not.