re: ideal woman

See roissy's recent post about the masculinization of the western female. Simply put, females that are anointed most beautiful by contemporary media have noticeably more masculine facial features than their counterparts from 50+ years ago. One supposes there are a lot of causes behind this transformation, but I'd guess that the lack of hetero male input in fashion and media industries may have something to do with it. That said, looking at the first picture from that article, it is really no surprise that men prefer the woman on the right to the one on the left: the one on the right is clearly more classically feminine.

The phenomenon of men preferring to have long-term relationships with the 7s instead of the 10s though, is an observation that I've seen made in passing many times in game discussions. I think the reason for this--in addition to the fact that today's "10s" are subtly more masculine looking than the 7s--has to do with the fundamental male desire to feel dominant over his female mate. The sense of awe and intimidation the average, and even the above average, man feels when contemplating a 10, leads him to think that, beyond a few fucks, a 10 would just be too stressful.

Posted by: JM on June 26, 2009 4:23 AM