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The gist of this section is that men are one long breeding experiment run by women. Women look for men to gain access to resources. Buss explains this because sex-role socialization of women throughout history.

In primitive culture, men with the most land attract the most wives.

Globally, women usually marry men who are a bit older than they are. Men display cars, houses, gifts, and expensive dinners to attract women.

Dating someone who is physically attractive increases a man’s status, while it increases a woman’s status somewhat. In contrast, a man who dates an unattractive woman experiences a moderate decrease in status, whereas a woman who dates an unattractive man experiences only a trivial decrease in status.

The more income a man has, the more likely they are to seek younger partners.

The long-time prevalence of prostitution does not mean that it is an adaptation (a result of selection). Rather, it is probably a consequences of two things – men’s desire of low-cost casual sex, and women either wanting or needing to offer sex for money.

One key benefit of casual sex to women is immediate access to resources. In a ancestral tribe thousands of years ago, a lucky hunter who takes down a deer is most likely to mate with a very hungry woman.

Women don’t like stinginess. This signals that the man is unlikely to devote an immediate supply of resources.

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