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** Asexuality/[[volcel]]dom is by far the strongest predictor of virginity around the age of 28, with about half of them stating they never felt attraction to the opposite sex while asexuals only make up 1% of the general population.<ref name="haydon2013"></ref> Could be [[mutation]] or slow-life trait. | ** Asexuality/[[volcel]]dom is by far the strongest predictor of virginity around the age of 28, with about half of them stating they never felt attraction to the opposite sex while asexuals only make up 1% of the general population.<ref name="haydon2013"></ref> Could be [[mutation]] or slow-life trait. | ||
** Starting puberty late as a male or being physically immature compared to your peers as a teenager,<ref>Tucker Halpern, C., Waller, M.W., Spriggs, A., & Hallfors, D.D. (2006). Adolescent predictors of emerging adult sexual patterns [Electronic version]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(6), 926.e1 - 926.e10.</ref> with slow sexual maturation being a primary marker of slow life history genetics. | ** Starting puberty late as a male or being physically immature compared to your peers as a teenager,<ref>Tucker Halpern, C., Waller, M.W., Spriggs, A., & Hallfors, D.D. (2006). Adolescent predictors of emerging adult sexual patterns [Electronic version]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(6), 926.e1 - 926.e10.</ref> with slow sexual maturation being a primary marker of slow life history genetics. | ||
** [[Shyness]] or social anxiety, no flirting skills, [[approach anxiety]].<ref name="apostolou2018"></ref> Could be [[mutation]] or slow-life trait. Possibly an adaptation for [[arranged marriage]].<ref name="apostolou2018"></ref> | ** [[Shyness]] or social anxiety, no flirting skills, [[approach anxiety]].<ref name="apostolou2018"></ref> Could be [[mutation]] or slow-life trait. Possibly an adaptation for [[arranged marriage]].<ref name="apostolou2018"></ref> Due to women's passive courtship style, introversion and social anxiety have been found to substantially reduce men's mating success more than women's.<ref>Nordsletten, AE, Larsson, H, Crowley, JJ, Almqvist, C, Lichtenstein, P, & Mataix-Cols, D. 2016. ''Patterns of Nonrandom Mating Within and Across 11 Major Psychiatric Disorders''. JAMA Psychiatry, 73(4), 354. [[https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.3192 Abstract]]</ref> | ||
** Niceness tends to slightly reduce physical attractiveness of men to women and agreeable men have a somewhat lower income,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Personality</ref> which due to women's [[hypergamy|preference for affluent men]] may also explain some of men's low sexual success, however out of the big five personality traits, only extraversion is related to men's [[reproductive success]].<ref>Alvergne, A., Jokela, M., & Lummaa, V. (2010). Personality and reproductive success in a high-fertility human population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(26), 11745–11750. doi:10.1073/pnas.1001752107</ref> | |||
** Long education was a significant predictor of early adult virginity only for women in one study (long-education [[femcel]]s).<ref name="haydon2013"></ref> The phenomenon of educated women refusing to date down is also discussed in the [[hypergamy]] article, with there being mixed evidence about whether this tendency is really due to refusal to date down, or being too busy or facing evolutionary mismatches regarding an [[resources for orgasms|exchange of sex in return for resources]]. | ** Long education was a significant predictor of early adult virginity only for women in one study (long-education [[femcel]]s).<ref name="haydon2013"></ref> The phenomenon of educated women refusing to date down is also discussed in the [[hypergamy]] article, with there being mixed evidence about whether this tendency is really due to refusal to date down, or being too busy or facing evolutionary mismatches regarding an [[resources for orgasms|exchange of sex in return for resources]]. | ||
** Lower use of alcohol and drugs<ref name="boislard2016"></ref><ref name="haydon2013"></ref> | ** Lower use of alcohol and drugs<ref name="boislard2016"></ref><ref name="haydon2013"></ref> | ||