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→Women tend to be attracted to the Dark Triad—narcissism, manipulativeness, & psychopathy
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<span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | ||
This suggests [[personality]] | This suggests [[personality]] does matter to women, but rather than preferring a [[nice guy|nice]] personality, women are the most attracted to narcissistic, manipulative, and psychopathic men. | ||
Evolutionary psychology can possibly explain this phenomenon. | Evolutionary psychology can possibly explain this phenomenon. | ||
Women evolved to be dependent and [[sex drive|choosy]] by virtue of [[Bateman's principle|having infants]]. This caused men to evolve to be taller and stronger in an evolutionary arms race competing for mating opportunities. | Women evolved to be dependent and [[sex drive|choosy]] by virtue of [[Bateman's principle|having infants]]. This caused men to evolve to be taller and stronger in an evolutionary arms race competing for mating opportunities. | ||
In response to this, women are thought to have evolved to choose the strongest and most [[dominance hierarchy|dominant]] man available in order to be protected from coercive and stronger contenders ([[bodyguard hypothesis]]; Wilson & Mesnick, 1997) and to get access to high quality foods and resources (Geary 2004). | In response to this, women are thought to have evolved to choose the strongest and most [[dominance hierarchy|dominant]] man available in order to be protected from coercive and stronger contenders ([[bodyguard hypothesis]]; Wilson & Mesnick, 1997) and to get access to high quality foods and resources (Geary 2004). | ||
This | This aspect of human sexuality can be traced back to some of our oldest ancestor species, e.g. lizards, in which female animals [[female subordination|submit themselves]] to dominant males (Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1989). | ||
Dark traits such as low empathy and cruelty may have proven useful in male intrasexual competition (Kruger & Fitzgerald 2011), so these traits and women's attraction to them might have co-evolved as a socially parasitic [[Reproductive success|reproductive strategy]] (Gervais 2018). | Dark traits such as low empathy and cruelty may have proven useful in male intrasexual competition (Kruger & Fitzgerald 2011), so these traits and women's attraction to them might have co-evolved as a socially parasitic [[Reproductive success|reproductive strategy]] (Gervais 2018). | ||