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What can be achieved by courtship and "[[game]]" seems to be highly overrated as research indicates initial romantic interest is mainly about looks and that personality traits such as extroversion or niceness do not play any role. Instead, access to women is largely determined by [[dominance hierarchy|dominance status]] among males as determined by [[LMS|looks, resources, status]], [[IQ|competence]], [[neurotypical]]ity etc.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men.27s_social_status_accounts_for_62.25_of_the_variance_of_copulation_opportunities</ref> | What can be achieved by courtship and "[[game]]" seems to be highly overrated as research indicates initial romantic interest is mainly about looks and that personality traits such as extroversion or niceness do not play any role. Instead, access to women is largely determined by [[dominance hierarchy|dominance status]] among males as determined by [[LMS|looks, resources, status]], [[IQ|competence]], [[neurotypical]]ity etc.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men.27s_social_status_accounts_for_62.25_of_the_variance_of_copulation_opportunities</ref> | ||
Courtship hence mainly amounts to a coy waiting time in which the female tests her suitor and gathers social information about | Courtship hence mainly amounts to a coy waiting time in which the female tests her suitor and gathers social information about his dominance status (see [[Sex drive#Female_passivity|female passivity]]).<ref name="tradeinfo">Wachtmeister, C.A. and Enquist, M., 1999. ''The evolution of female coyness–trading time for information.'' [[https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.1273 Abstract]]</ref><ref name="optimal">McNamara, J.M., Fromhage, L., Barta, Z. and Houston, A.I.. 2008. ''The optimal coyness game.'' [[https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00487.x Abstract]]</ref><ref name="biobasis">Grammer K. 1989. ''Human courtship behaviour: biological basis and cognitive processing.'' In: Rasa, A.E., Vogel, C. and Voland,E. (eds.): The Sociobiology of Sexual and Reproductive Strategies Chapmann and Hall,1989, New York. [[https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8eab/95d1298b5165b84872c533f4f46a7805a0e4.pdf FullText]]</ref> The [[sexy sons hypothesis]] suggests, women won't be as coy if the man is good looking and sexy. | ||
This suggests any kind of behavioral traits that do matter in courtship are likely limited to "sub-personality" behavior such as smiling, facial expressiveness, [[neurotypical]]ity etc., which may be instances of [[Beauty#Beautiful_behavior|beautiful behavior]] selected by [[Fisherian runaway|runaway selection]], but may also have evolved for the necessity of social signaling and group cohesion. | This suggests any kind of behavioral traits that do matter in courtship are likely limited to "sub-personality" behavior such as smiling, facial expressiveness, [[neurotypical]]ity etc., which may be instances of [[Beauty#Beautiful_behavior|beautiful behavior]] selected by [[Fisherian runaway|runaway selection]], but may also have evolved for the necessity of social signaling and group cohesion. | ||