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This guy has it all wrong. Here's a possibility: author feels especially confident when beautiful women are around him. This confidence/happiness projects to
by zackattack 16y ago
This guy has it all wrong.
Here's a possibility: author feels especially confident when beautiful women are around him. This confidence/happiness projects to other people (via mirror neurons / the amygdala / etc.). People find him more enjoyable and approachable.
To clarify, I don't claim that being surrounded by bad chicks isn't going to make you feel better about yourself. I suspect that possessing other kinds of cultural capital can do the trick.
- brandnewlow 16y agoThat's also a factor, I think. But it doesn't negate the argument that seeing someone with an attractive woman deferring to them sends a strong signal to people around you.
- zackattack 16y agoI know plenty of club promoter douches who are "surrounded" by attractive women. They seem to be the counterexample that destroys the rule. Dating an attractive woman certainly implies that you have something going for you. Social proof and all that.