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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 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"). Complaining about unfairness also tends to signal low status and desperation, which is why few men are [[MRA]]s. | 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"). Complaining about unfairness also tends to signal low status and desperation, which is why few men are [[MRA]]s. | ||
One of the strongest signals of despair, dependence and neediness is crying which babies use to signal neediness and reduce the risk of a reduction or withdrawal of parental care.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X0400010X</ref> | |||
===Eye contact and attention=== | ===Eye contact and attention=== | ||