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Originally Posted by Jinn
"Bad boys" just brag about it more. "Nice guys" who play it well can be just as reproductively successful as bad boys, but one of the tenets of the 'nice guy' reproductive strategy is that you're not allowed to boast about it.
They both have the potential to be incredibly successful in terms of reproductive success, its just that 'nice guys' are unable to boast about it as loudly or as as proudly as 'bad guys'. The flipside is that the 'nice guys' get to whine about the 'bad boys'.
So for men who want to be able to whine but not brag, 'nice guys' is the way to go, but for men who like to brag but not whine, 'bad guy' is the way to go.
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I'm not a big fan of the nice vs bad labels. But I would use the polygamous vs monogamous one. (Even though you can't guarantee that the monogamous ones won't cheat...) And it seems like there is no problems (except increased risk of STDs) if females sleep with a guy who has had previous female partners, even if it is just a one time thing. She can tell that he has some good physical qualities and may not even care to want to settle down and start a family with this 'bad' boy. It does satisfy her urge to reproduce and that guy is willing to be flashy and advertise that he wants sex. The guy is content with getting different girls, even though a few or many other guys have been with them.
I wonder if they marked this image with the colors dark blue for those guys that thought they were bad and light blue for those that thought they were good (and include the abstinent ones in it), what they would find:
http://www.livescience.com/php/multi...ne+high+school.
It is a study that needs to be more in-depth and look at a lot of different cities, economic levels, education levels, race and parents to really make it better. But, if you go down to your local 20-something bar, it is evident that it is happening there. I would also like to see the researchers take a look at the effect of birth control and feminist attitudes that "I don't need a man" and how that effects things. When you don't need a man in your life to raise a family, what good is having a kid with the short fat guy when she could pick the 6'7" guy who goes to bed with a different girl every night?