Comments on: Social Matching Theory

By: Luisa

Luisa — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 18:22:06 +0000

Oh but then they both are with one another out of interest. She prolly wouldn’t want him without the money, he prolly wouldn’t want her without the body. They both want to use their best asset to obtain what they want and could probably not get otherwise (in her case, money, in his case, a hot woman). He wouldn’t have access to that hot chick if he was poor, she would not have access to that rich man if she was ugly.

By: Oz

Oz — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:04:20 +0000

I don’t think you “aculturations”. That term means the adaptive process that occurs when a group or individuals find themselves in another culture. Think immigrant, or migrating populations that settle in a new area. What they experience is “aculturation”.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 03:21:51 +0000

” My counterargument with her was that the SMP is actually more representative of our humanity, in that it’s healthier to accept that the way we evolved as a successful species was due to the harsh reality of the SMP. She wouldn’t hear it.”

You’re lucky she didn’t scratch your eyes out or seeing you outside on the street run you over with her car. Don’t think she might not still do either. Ironically feminists are the most unreasonable females out there. Maybe not so ironically.

By: hiddenangles

hiddenangles — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 18:09:35 +0000

You’re right.

And it won’t change whatsoever.

By: Just thinking out loud

Just thinking out loud — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:26:01 +0000

I don’t like this. How does this help me with girls? I would rather be delusional and believe that I have my chances with someone “out of my league” than believe this “harsh truth”, because if I do, I stop approaching them, and then the odds reduce to zero immediately and for good. Also, let’s not forget that although this may be very true in a society of 100 individuals, there IS in our (vast) world, people who have evolved – been educated – with other rules of the game. Physical attractiveness is only ever PERCEIVED, and the very criteria, as we know, is a variable in itself.

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