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Old 06-19-2008, 07:56 AM
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Mean guys finish first?

June 19, 2008


Scientists have now confirmed what good guys always knew: bad boys get the girls.

Researchers have shown that across cultures it really does pay to have a mean streak - with callous, self-obsessed, deceitful men proving the biggest hit with the opposite sex.

The findings, reported at the Human Behaviour and Evolution Society meeting in Kyoto, Japan, may help to explain why anti-social personality traits, known as the dark triad, could have an upside: a prolific sex life.

"James Bond epitomises this set of traits. He's clearly disagreeable, very extroverted and likes trying new things - killing people, new women," said study author Peter Jonason of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.

"It is universal across cultures for high dark triad scorers to be more active in short-term mating," said David Schmitt of Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, who also presented preliminary results at the same meeting from a survey of more than 35,000 people in 57 countries.

He said such people are more likely to try and poach other people's partners for brief affairs.

Jonason and his colleagues subjected 200 college students to personality tests. Jonason found that those who scored higher on the 'dark triad' personality traits tended to have more partners and more desire for short-term relationships, according to the study highlighted by the New Scientist magazine.

But the correlation only held in males. The study shows that women who share the same personality traits do not enjoy the same success with the opposite sex.

Nice guys, however, need not lose all hope. Earlier studies have shown that while girls tend to like cads for flings, they usually settle down with more caring types.
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Old 06-19-2008, 08:03 AM
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Well it goes to show you, women love to be treated like garbage....until they get married, and then its the guys turn.
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Old 06-19-2008, 08:04 AM
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Nice guys, however, need not lose all hope. Earlier studies have shown that while girls tend to like cads for flings, they usually settle down with more caring types.
sure....us "nice guys" only get them when their used up and ready to "settle down".
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Old 06-19-2008, 08:07 AM
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sure....us "nice guys" only get them when their used up and ready to "settle down".
I totally agree.
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One time I told a guy to shove off after he called me a bad name.
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Old 06-19-2008, 08:22 AM
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That's not true, I'm a Grade-A douchebag and girls don't pay me any mind at all.

Stupid scientists.


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Old 06-19-2008, 08:26 AM
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this has always been a real source of interest for me.

i have seen many times - people going through life like bulldozers, plowing over anyone and anything in their path.

i've wondered how amazing and pure life would be if you were able to completely turn off any social conciousness, have not a care for anything in the world but yourself, take what you want when you want it regardless of who you hurt...and still sleep soundly at night.


i think these guys go right to their grave thinking they've lived properly too... i dont think there is ever a time where they look back and reflect that they actually were bad people.

i dont think they're really happy though - because they are never satisfied, or at least not for long. there must never be a sense of contentment. They are always looking for more, more more.

so yeah - i guess these guys finish first ... a pretty hollow achievement considering there is no race.
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Old 06-19-2008, 08:29 AM
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What the chicks dig is confidence - and typically the assholes of the world are supremely confident.

But this study is bullshit. I got laid A LOT in my twenties - which was when I finally figured this out (still do get laid a lot, but now it's with the same woman) and I've never been mean spirited or even remotely decietful, simply confident (maybe a bit cocky or arrogant, but never mean).

Meek guys are typically nice, but the ladies don't want to fuck the meek guy - it isn't because he's nice, it's because he isn't bold enough. But you can be bold without being cruel... and it works EVERYTIME:D
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Well I could have told you that women love assholes.The more a guy treats a women like garbage the more she wants to be with him.Thats a proven fact.
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Old 06-19-2008, 09:04 AM
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I know of at least 2 people in my life who are total losers even when they were / are supremely confident. They are homeless and jobless today. (regardless to say, lady-less too)

Confidence isnt the only factor which attracts a girl. There is something about a mean guy - his assholic tendencies, his rather quirky "humorous" way of looking at things the cock-eyed way - which is usually a lady-magnet.

Also, the source. A mean guy almost always either A) has lots of money, or B) has some sort of power. Which is the reason of him feeling confidence in being an asshole to anyone and everyone.

It's easy to see - the douchebags usually have a girl wrapped around their necks more often than not.

I say about 50% of it is confidence, and the other 50% comes from seeing an asshole treat another person like shit, while he is unable to do anything in return...which wets a girl's panties.
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