Women LIKE bad boys. Cads, or whatever you want to call them.
I will explain it to you.
In life, aggressiveness can get one further than ability.
And so women have evolved to be attracted to what they see as aggressive men.
You think women (intuitively) want to endow their children with the genes of nerds?
Not the best survival strategy from the standpoint of evolution.
The trick is some women are too stupid to differentiate between aggressive and borderline psycho.
And, of course, if a man is seen as aggressive and clever, too--then he's all the more attractive.
For the same reason, I strongly suspect that as much as women say they dislike a spouse who cheats on them--I suspect they secretly find it titillating; as once again having children by such a man would help to ensure the wide dissemination of your genes throughout the ensuing generations.
Yes. The 'nice guy/jerk' paradigm is oversimplified and much more in line with what you wrote.
You know, you really have a point there. I think it is partly animal instinct, and yes we are the highest on the food chain and all.
I should not be saying this, but I have never heard any serious discussion about it and am curious.
Has anybody besides me ever (especially you wimmonfolk) been so physically attracted to a member of the other sex that he SMELLS good?
I'm serious, just standing a few feet away and it is almost a magnet.
No I am not talking about BO or other nasty stuff. Just a chemical reaction I guess.
For the same reason, I strongly suspect that as much as women say they dislike a spouse who cheats on them--I suspect they secretly find it titillating; as once again having children by such a man would help to ensure the wide dissemination of your genes throughout the ensuing generations.
Well it does make a woman kick in her competitive genes, at least that's how it affected me.
Then I wanted to KICK somebody's ass.