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=== Desperation and trying hard === | === Desperation and trying hard === | ||
Showing despair and trying too hard are a reliable signal of low status and weakness. | Showing despair and trying too hard are a reliable signal of low status and weakness and it is the opposite of [[coolness]]. | ||
By hiding hardship men can maintain their status and hence access to females.<ref>https://www.ashdin.com/articles/female-choice-and-male-stoicism.pdf</ref> | By hiding hardship men can maintain their status and hence access to females.<ref>https://www.ashdin.com/articles/female-choice-and-male-stoicism.pdf</ref> | ||
Analyzing social interactions may perceived as a low status activity because it may be perceived to imply that one cannot get by without it due to some flaw (trying too hard). | Analyzing social interactions may perceived as a low status activity because it may be perceived to imply that one cannot get by without it due to some flaw (trying too hard). | ||