[jlogajan]

Some decent men are being rejected because they aren't "exciting" enough.

Actually, woman crave status and power. "Bad boys" exude a certain power or potential future power (likely to become leaders.) Attraction to the "bad boy" is like an early investment on the ground floor. She's hoping he'll take her to the top with him.

It has been found that women also prefer to have sex with the "bad boy" type, but will often prefer the more "good guy" type for helping bring up the baby.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Wilhelm's original statement rang a bell and it took a while for me to remember something I read about the subject of females going for the "bad boys".

Someone put it this way: instinct. Back in the caveman days, a woman would choose the biggest, meanest guy in order to protect her offspring and herself. We still have instinctual drives, even though we have cell phones, suv's, and dvd players. This is in no way related to the subject of women writing love letters to serial killers.

[Wilhelm Tell]

It has been found that women also prefer to have sex with the "bad boy" type...

Yeah, tell me about it.