Peacocking — the art of wearing outrageous ensembles and eye-catching baubles — is much-maligned, both within and without the seduction community. Nowadays, when people hear the word “peacocking”, they scoff as their minds race to images of pickup artist Mystery and his gigantic furry hats, eye liner, jumbled bracelets, and Victorian long coats. sure he […]
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Posted in Game, Science Validates Game on Nov 29th, 2012
A reader sent along a link to a study which attempted to clarify which kinds of approach “openers” (pickup lines or greetings) worked best on women. The science, while far from conclusive (results were based on women’s self-reported preferences, so usual caveats apply), is finally having a say in this eternal debate between direct and […]
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Providing evidence ♥♥♥YET AGAIN♥♥♥ for another Chateau Heartiste maxim, a study has come out which finds that women love men who parcel their displays of love unpredictably (h/t: reader George). I Heart Unpredictable Love TO love is to suffer; to be happy is to love. So must one suffer to be happy? This syllogism won’t […]
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Baumeister, the primary coauthor behind the seminal 2004 paper titled “ Sexual Economics : Sex as Female Resource for Social Exchange in Heterosexual Interactions”, has released online the latest addition to that work, titled “ Sexual Economics, Culture, Men, and Modern Sexual Trends “, another steely-eyed examination of the sexes that pretty much validates the […]
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What ho! Another scientific study ♥♥♥confirming♥♥♥ CH observations about the functioning of female sexuality? You bet! Women with stable but not-so-sexy mates become more distant, critical during periods of high fertility. Long after women have chosen Mr. Stable over Mr. Sexy, they struggle unconsciously with the decision, according to a new study by UCLA researchers […]
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Four years ago, this esteemed blog laid out in detail the reasons why men can’t be friends with bangable women, and under which conditions male-female friendships could plausibly form and endure. Men and women simply cannot be friends unless certain conditions are met. Mutual lack of attraction This is easy. When there’s no loin burning […]
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