Dating & Mating Economy
Not Just Listening – “A Little Big-Dick Energy”
According to internet memes and posts by women, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the sexiest man of 2022. Why is that? Comedian and television personality Bill Maher gives an explanation during the “new rules” segment of Real Time on March 25. (See link below.) Maher’s critique...
Female Sexual Fluidity: Power of Context and the Future of Heterosexual Partnerships
“Power comes to women who bring gay expectations to their heterosexual couplings.” ~ Jennifer Baumgardner Mutually satisfying romance, love, and sexuality are teetering on the edge of failure in the modern heterosexual mating economy. Women are turning away...
Mate Value of High-Income Men: Seeking Arrangements and the Erotic-Economic Bargain
"You can lose a lot of money chasing women, but you will never loose women by chasing money." ~ Chris Rock -- I Think I Love My Wife Evolution and Behavior published (September 2021) a recent study by Rosemary Hopcroft 1 that confirms that...
First Principle: Acknowledge Male-Female Differences
As I prepare to address issues of sexual orientation and fluidity (see Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Presentation, and Biological Sex), it seems appropriate if not necessary to review “first principles” related to my mission and central message, including:...
Women’s Preferences for Male Facial Masculinity
“The face is more honest than the mouth will ever be.” ~ Daphne Orebaugh In a prior post (Want An equal Marriage? Then Date As Equals), I described the “trade-off problem” (coined by evolutionary psychologists) that women have in choosing between male alpha traits of...
Side-Swiped: Evolutionary Mismatch and Sex Differences with Mobile Dating
“With the rise of the mobile dating app, we are in evolutionary unprecedented waters.” ~ Justin Garcia, Kinsey Institute Set in the cities and college campuses of Austin, New York City, Santa Cruz, and Plainfield, Illinois, HBO laid bare the...
Want An Equal Marriage? Then Date As Equals
Based on “If You Want a Marriage of Equals, Then Date As Equals,” by Ellen Lamont in The Atlantic, February 14, 2020.“I know it feels counterintuitive…..I’m a feminist,” the first woman said. “But I like to have a guy be chivalrous.” Heterosexual women with...
The Male Sexual Deficit: Social Fact of the 21st Century
the"'“Feminists insist that men’s greater demand for sexual activity is an outdated myth. Recent sex surveys prove the myth to be a fact and one that the social sciences have yet to address.” ~ Catherine Hakim Men want more sex than women (in statistical aggregate...
Once the Flirting Is Over – Humor in Ongoing Relationships
It was the way you laughed….I knew I wanted that in my life. ~ R.M. Drake Humor is valued for mates worldwide. There is abundant cross-cultural evidence that being funny makes you more desirable as a mate, especially if you are a man. Humor production by men...
Humor and Sexual Selection
“Women tend to prefer men who make them laugh, whereas men prefer women who laugh at their jokes.” * In my last post about Tiger Woods, I examined the role of storytelling, art, music, dance, athleticism, and humor in sexual selection. Women select for those traits in...