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Arguably, game may work outside of the face-to-face dating context, e.g. during socializing in a group, which is the more natural human mating context anyhow.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474704919887706</ref> In a social context, confidence, | Arguably, game in terms of charm and social skill (and, to some extent, the machiavellian aspect) may work outside of the face-to-face dating context, e.g. during socializing in a group, which is the more natural human mating context anyhow.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474704919887706</ref> In a social context, confidence, charm and social skill may act as means of gaining [[dominance hierarchy|social status]] and intimidating other males in [[intrasexual competition]]s which, in turn, enables men access to women.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men.27s_social_status_accounts_for_62.25_of_the_variance_of_copulation_opportunities</ref> This intuition is perhaps what lead PUAs to mistakenly apply the same to the face-to-face setting. | ||
There also is a line of research (however yet to be reproduced) on "mating intelligence" suggesting a correlation of r = .41 with mating success.<ref>https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2050/14/1/article-p1.xml</ref> | There also is a line of research (however yet to be reproduced) on "mating intelligence" suggesting a correlation of r = .41 with mating success.<ref>https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2050/14/1/article-p1.xml</ref> | ||
Confidence also exerts an effect on male attractiveness<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jopy.12568</ref> and male [[dominance hierarchy|dominance status]] is linked to mating opportunities.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men.27s_social_status_accounts_for_62.25_of_the_variance_of_copulation_opportunities</ref> | Confidence also exerts an effect on male attractiveness<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jopy.12568</ref> and male [[dominance hierarchy|dominance status]] is linked to mating opportunities.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men.27s_social_status_accounts_for_62.25_of_the_variance_of_copulation_opportunities</ref> | ||
Further, fast [[life history]] traits such as extroversion and risk taking are weakly but consistently related to [[reproductive success]] and sexual experience.<ref>Haydon, A. A., Cheng, M. M., Herring, A. H., McRee, A.-L., & Halpern, C. T. (2013). Prevalence and Predictors of Sexual Inexperience in Adulthood. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(2), 221–230. doi:10.1007/s10508-013-0164-3</ref> | Further, fast [[life history]] traits such as extroversion and risk taking are weakly but consistently related to [[reproductive success]] and sexual experience.<ref>Haydon, A. A., Cheng, M. M., Herring, A. H., McRee, A.-L., & Halpern, C. T. (2013). Prevalence and Predictors of Sexual Inexperience in Adulthood. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(2), 221–230. doi:10.1007/s10508-013-0164-3</ref> | ||
Relatedly, one result suggests the link between testosterone and mating success is also not mediated by looks, but behavior (though this study considered serum T levels, rather than measures of androgyny and pre-natal exposure to androgens).<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/BlackPillScience/comments/mhmvb3/testosterone_correlates_with_mating_success_but/</ref> | Relatedly, one result suggests the link between testosterone and mating success is also not mediated by looks, but behavior (though this study considered serum T levels, rather than measures of androgyny and pre-natal exposure to androgens).<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/BlackPillScience/comments/mhmvb3/testosterone_correlates_with_mating_success_but/</ref> | ||
However, research indicates, that (especially for slow life history strategists) free mate choice and direct sexual approach may be unnatural, with the majority of historical human societies, even primitive ones, having primarily practiced [[arranged marriage]] (at least during the first marriage), possibly explaining a high prevalence of [[approach anxiety]], [[shyness]] and poor dating skills among incels.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474704919887706</ref> Further, personality traits are around 40–60% heritable (despite personality instruments being somewhat unreliable),<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5068715/</ref> | However, research indicates, that (especially for slow life history strategists) free mate choice and direct sexual approach may be unnatural, with the majority of historical human societies, even primitive ones, having primarily practiced [[arranged marriage]] (at least during the first marriage), possibly explaining a high prevalence of [[approach anxiety]], [[shyness]] and poor dating skills among incels.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474704919887706</ref> Further, personality traits are around 40–60% heritable (despite personality instruments being somewhat unreliable),<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5068715/</ref> implying personality predispositions are not easily nor arbitrarily malleable. | ||
There is evidence that a minority of fast [[life history]] women [[rape|even desire]] being raped and a greater share of women is at least [[lordosis|willing to give in]] to a moderate amount of coercion. Hence, PUA techniques may boil down to overcoming [[female coyness]] by coercion or even outright [[rape]] packaged in socially acceptable dating effort such as [[small talk]] and [[charm]] (even though these themselves have little to no effect in a one-on-one, direct approach, non-coercive context). Such dating strategies might work less well for very [[social awkwardness|awkward]] and unattractive men, who women more likely accuse of [[sexual harassment]].<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women.27s_definition_of_.27harassment.27_in_online_dating_depends_on_the_attractiveness_of_the_man</ref> | There is evidence that a minority of fast [[life history]] women [[rape|even desire]] being raped and a greater share of women is at least [[lordosis|willing to give in]] to a moderate amount of coercion. Hence, PUA techniques may boil down to overcoming [[female coyness]] by coercion or even outright [[rape]] packaged in socially acceptable dating effort such as [[small talk]] and [[charm]] (even though these themselves have little to no effect in a one-on-one, direct approach, non-coercive context). Such dating strategies might work less well for very [[social awkwardness|awkward]] and unattractive men, who women more likely accuse of [[sexual harassment]].<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women.27s_definition_of_.27harassment.27_in_online_dating_depends_on_the_attractiveness_of_the_man</ref> | ||
However, despite looks being crucial in the zero-acquaintance setting and women more likely reporting [[sexual harassment]] in case of unattractive males, looks are only weakly correlated with overall sexual success.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320299645_The_challenge_of_starting_and_keeping_a_relationship_Prevalence_rates_and_predictors_of_poor_mating_performance</ref> | |||
==Other studies on frame-projection== | ==Other studies on frame-projection== | ||