We’ll just begin this post with a preen. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ *self-love* ♥♥♥♥♥♥ *self-love* *self-love* ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Ah, that’s better. Wait. Did you hear that? Someone out there thinks this preen invalidates the science that is about to follow. What a strange duck that person is. Pick-up artists have a term called compliance, which is a game tactic … Read more
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Met online? Check. Beta herbling? Check. Chubby American woman on the wrong side of 30? Check. Pretentious SWPL photo? Check. Rode the cock carousel until age limit was reached? Check. Two people settling for each other when options have run out? Check. From this article, a treasure trove of dating tawdriness and romantic bleakness confirming … Read more
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CH has been at the forefront of noting a trend among Western, particularly American, women toward masculinization. This “manning up” by secularized post-industrial women is prominent in both their physical features (fatter, manjaw-ier, bigger framed) and their personalities (bitchier, more entitled, less fecund, more prone to binge drinking). A theory was put forward that the … Read more
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No One is Entitled to Commitment: Why We Should Mock the Great Girls of OkCupid “I don’t really have a lot of sincere girl friends, nor boyfriends. Most men say I am great, but then don’t call back.” Those are the words of a solemn, Skrillex-sporting young chick in her dating profile, a profile that recently became … Read more
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Following hot on the crooked heels of yesterday’s BOTM nomination, a new study is out which gives support to the conventional wisdom that skanks, fugs and other assorted low value women are the ones most likely to employ the cuckold strategy (or, looking at it from a different angle, the ones least likely to be … Read more
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The dude who runs the Evo and Proud blog has an interesting post about earlier male maturation rates indicating that females may be favoring cads over dads as mates. There is thus plenty of genetic variation for selection to act on. No need to wait for new mutations. But why would there be natural selection … Read more
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Marriage is more satisfying when the wife is thinner than her husband. [M]en who had a higher Body Mass Index than their wives (calculated from a person’s height and weight) were a little happier at the outset than those who had the same or a lower BMI. This advantage was maintained throughout the period. What is more … Read more
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A reader with an active mind sends along his proposition, based on the principles of economic game theory, that men should never pursue relationships, even if they ultimately want a relationship or benefit from a relationship. Conclusion: a man should only pursue commitment-free sex, even if he benefits from a relationship. This is especially true … Read more
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Courtesy of commenter “max from australia”, a juicy quote from a former Pope which accords with Chateau Heartiste analysis of the deleterious blowback from the availability of widespread, cheap contraceptives (of the sort never before experienced by humanity until relatively recently): Predictions from a wise Celibate bloke in a dress, Pope Paul VI, 1968 Humanae … Read more
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A reader writes amazedly: I like sex as much as the next guy, but I’m amazed at what men will throw away to get it: a Presidency (B. Clinton, DSK), a 38 year career, CEO positions, money, respect, freedom…it just doesn’t make sense. No matter who she is, she’s not worth it. IMHO, obviously. He … Read more
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