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***Answer: The more physically attractive the male is compared to the female, the more likely that it's a fling. | ***Answer: The more physically attractive the male is compared to the female, the more likely that it's a fling. | ||
**Why do women treat obnoxious brutes so generously, while taking a [[nice guy]]'s kindness for weakness? | **Why do women treat obnoxious brutes so generously, while taking a [[nice guy]]'s kindness for weakness? | ||
***Answer: The [[halo effect]] causes women to interpret the behavior from obnoxious brutes to be "sincere kindness" and to interpret the same behavior from "nice guys" to be "manipulative". For example, when a good-looking, popular [[jock]] is being [[romantic]] with a female (holding her hand; buying her drinks), he would be viewed as "nice" (as in genuinely caring about her). After all, he could get any females he wishes. He doesn't need to be romantic to get a female. The woman would conclude that his "romance" is the result of his genuine kindness. But when an ugly nerd is being romantic with a female, he would be viewed as "manipulative" (he's just faking an act to impress her; he's being romantic to compensate for his ugliness; he's worried about losing her; not because he genuinely cares about her). | ***Answer: The [[halo effect]] causes women to interpret the behavior from obnoxious brutes to be "sincere kindness" and to interpret the same behavior from "nice guys" to be "manipulative". For example, when a good-looking, popular [[jock]] is being [[romantic]] with a female (holding her hand; buying her drinks), he would be viewed as "nice" (as in genuinely caring about her). After all, he could get any females he wishes. He doesn't need to be romantic to get a female. The woman would conclude that his "[[romance]]" is the result of his genuine kindness. But when an ugly nerd is being romantic with a female, he would be viewed as "manipulative" (he's just faking an act to impress her; he's being romantic to compensate for his ugliness; he's worried about losing her; not because he genuinely cares about her). | ||
*A better understanding of why evolution made us pick up some traits as attractive | *A better understanding of why evolution made us pick up some traits as attractive | ||