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Related to confidence is [[cool|coolness]] as well as [[stoicism]]. | Related to confidence is [[cool|coolness]] as well as [[stoicism]]. | ||
=== Bravery & stoicism === | |||
Bravery and war heroism appear to be male-specific dominance signals.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513815000239</ref> Also stoicism, i.e. the downplaying of hardship is a way to maintain dominance, and women have plausibly selected men to have this trait, as men who showed weakness were more likely discarded by women.<ref>S G Brown. 2018. ''Female choice and male stoicism.'' [[https://www.ashdin.com/articles/female-choice-and-male-stoicism.pdf Abstract]]</ref> | |||
=== Desperation and trying hard === | === Desperation and trying hard === | ||