Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watcgl!dmmartindale From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Women's preferences Message-ID: <715@watcgl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 09:11:13 EST Article-I.D.: watcgl.715 Posted: Mon Dec 10 09:11:13 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Dec-84 02:46:44 EST References:<1671@browngr.UUCP> <3730@ucbvax.ARPA> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 21 > There is an important distinction that should be made here: > There are very few (if any) women that want to be mistreated. > However, > a significant percentage of women are attracted to men > who end up mistreating them. > > The problem is that among the population of men there is a positive > correlation between some of the properties that make men > attractive to women and other properties that result in > these men mistreating their SO's. > > Yuval Tamir Aha. Maybe we're onto something here. Perhaps women are attracted to such men for their "good" qualities (excitement or whatever) and hope that, this time, the "bad" qualities will not be present. At the same time, another man who understands that a certain set of "good" and "bad" qualities almost always occur together, sees the woman going with this man and can't understand why she seems to prefer this "jerk". So perhaps some of the effect is just a difference in perspective.