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Showing despair and trying too hard are a reliable signal of low status and weakness and it is the opposite of [[coolness]]. | 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 | Analyzing and studying social interactions may be perceived as a low status activity because it may imply that one cannot get by without it due to some flaw (so one needs to "try hard"). | ||
=== Eye contact === | === Eye contact === | ||