Playing hard to get is a big fucking red flag. It shows a lack of maturity and a lack of truthfulness. It also shows a willingness to be deceitful to your partner.
This, right here. Don't date people who play mindgames. Start a relationship the way you mean for it to continue; with open and honest communication.
Yes, obviously flirting is about dropping hints, and that's fine, but at the point where the hinting stops and one party says "I'm into you and I hope you're into me too", there should be no bullshit. If you like someone you show them the basic respect of saying what you fucking mean.
I mean, I'm more than happy to play along for the sake of having a playful time... but come on.. don't waste weeks of my life
Ain't nobody got time for that shit.
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"playing hard to get" is a female fantasy, not a male one. She likes the idea that she's so HIIIIIIIIIEYEIIIIGH, high above me, she's so lovely that I'm willing to throw my family in a canyon to prove my worth to her. Boosts her delusions of grandeur.
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There is a certain kind of men who do enjoy the chase. They call themselves "pickup artists." Normal men are either looking for something casual or something long term, and in both cases they're interested in finding a woman who is also looking for similar terms and don't really want that chore maximized or complicated beyond what it already is.
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Women do not know how to play hard to get. They implement "hard to get" as "flatly refuse." I think a separate hatred of expressing consent is why they don't say something like "You'll have to do better than that."
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My daughter is almost 5 and I’ve made a conscious effort to stop doing whatever I’m doing if she says stop or no.
For example, tickling. If I’m tickling and she says stop, I stop immediately with no back talk.
Or if I’m copying her in a joking way (we both do it to each other from time to time) and she says stop, that’s it. We’re done.
When I’m snuggling with her after reading books before bed, she feels comfortable enough to say, “you can go now” and I that’s it. I leave with no complaints.
In non-safety situations I ask if I can hold her hand. If she says no, that’s it, I’m not holding her hand. Parking lots are a different matter.
I will continue this throughout her entire upbringing so that if (ok, when) someone continues to do something she has said stop or no to, it will be unambiguously wrong to her.
Later when I explain that “no” is a complete sentence, it should feel intuitive.
Screw the haters. This is awesome. Keep it up.
My only concern with this is that she might get the impression that people will do whatever she asks, but there's a ton of context missing which likely demonstrates those concepts to her.
My only suggestion is to make it clear that if she says no, or stop, and someone doesn't stop, do something about that. I'm sure that will be a discussion later. She sounds young enough for it to not be very important right now.
I appreciate this.
I don't have kids and I'm just some guy on the internet, but I appreciate you nonetheless.
I'm sure she'll learn in other ways that people won't always respect when she says no. But she's learning what should be normal from her parents
We've been doing this with our kids; and when they say "no" and someone doesn't stop, you better believe they say something about it!
Similarly, we've been getting consent before the doctor checks any underwear space. No pushback from any doctors or nurses for that either.
I'm really trying to do this with my daughter too - she's 7 and it's getting hard at times because she's wanting space, but I'll give her that as she wants it. Unless it is safety related of course...
This is so sweet and awesome it made my morning
Some advice my parents gave me is: Theres two answers: yes, and everything else
An example of this with me and my gf is that this being my first relationship I am wanting to take this REALLY slow and she respects this. But anyways I don’t remember what she asked it was something pretty tame but I said “maybe” and she responded with “that wasn’t a no but it wasn’t an enthusiastic yes either”
Boy is she in for a ride awakening when she goes out into the world. Kids like yours don't fare well when their world view gets shattered the first time.
You must have missed this part:
I will continue this throughout her entire upbringing so that if (ok, when) someone continues to do something she has said stop or no to, it will be unambiguously wrong to her.
It should feel wrong to her. That's the point. And there will be explanations later that not everyone respects the first "stop" or "no" and that she should do something about those people.
She will learn about guns and I will offer to help her get a license to carry. I'm afraid those that would not respect her "stop" or "no" will be the ones getting their world view shattered.
It's kind of strange that you seem to believe I won't be able to explain this...
I've already had to explain that she can completely ignore people, including adults, who say things like, "god will punish you" and she's not even 5 yet.
You're a moron and I'm sorry for your failed upbringing.
I mean isn't that most kids though? First time or in the world no matter how you do it is a shock.
What OP is doing is just the first steps to what I'm guessing is going to be a continuing education about how is ok to say no and should be respected. It isn't the end of the road for the conversation about no
I think they do much better because they understand they are allowed to set boundaries and expect people to respect those. That's actually really healthy. IDK what the hell kind of weird scenarios you are imagining.
Would you rather op ignore their daughter's "no" so the first time a random man ignores it, it's normal to her?
What argument are you even making here? That women should feel the need to say yes to everything?
Why, because she won't be a doormat? I'd think that would be a benefit.
Children are, at some point, going to learn that the world is an awful place. This is inevitable. But it will go much better for them if, like in the example you're responding to, they've been equipped with the tools required to navigate that awfulness.
What would you prefer? That they teach their child never to exercise any autonomy over their own body? How is that preferable?
Bet you are the “No means yes” type of guy
Weird, because I’m surrounded by these types of people in my professional jobs.
There’s also a difference between crossing personal boundaries and professional politics.
Punch your daughter and exploit her labor for your personal profit
"No means no" means "no means no." You don't get to have it both ways!
Look, lady, we went through decades of the women's lib movement to finally get guys to respect your wishes and quit harassing you with unwanted advances. But now you expect us to be clairvoyant or some shit when you say "no" but don't really mean it?!
Fuck that! You get respected whether you like it or not.
If I had a dollar for every girl that found me unattractive, girls would find me attractive.
Oh man that's a good paradox.
"I'm disappointed that other women have ruined my fetish of being harassed" - toxic feminism enjoyer.
I went home with a lady friend, who invited me into her bed, then said that we're not going to do anything. So, I didn't even try, and we just talked and cuddled. FF to two years later, and we start dating, and she questioned why I didn't try anything that night. Like, duh. A lady says no, it means no. That is what I've had drilled into me as a male since I was a very young age. I'm so damn scared of being called for sexual harassment.
You did the right thing. I helped a lady friend move out from her husband's when they split. She didn't want to stay in a new apartment all alone, so I offered to spend the night on her couch. Well come time to bed down, she wanted me in her bed. Then she wanted to snuggle. Then she started rubbing her backside against my front.
Well I read the signs and we had sex. It was fine. Wind up dating for a bit. Like 3 weeks later we were talking about something and she lays on me, "I never said we could have sex so technically you raped me."
You do not fucking accuse someone of technically rape as playful banter. Things went awkward and downhill after that. Not solely because of that. She was not ready for a relationship that soon after splitting from her husband, but I was young and horny and too inexperienced to possess the level of maturity necessary to understand that.
Anyway, maybe if I had made sure to give her more time it would've gone better. Probably not. But I damn sure wouldn't have gotten accused of rape.
I'm not scared. For me, that's like being afraid of being accused of murder.
Quite right. No one is going to accuse me of murder because I have never, and would never murder anyone. Same is true if sexual harassment or assault.
No one will ever misconstrue my actions as sexual harassment or assault because...surprise...I don't do those things. All sexual contact I have with people is wholly consensual, and consent is acquired with no pressure on the other party(-ies), in a sober state, and in advance.
The only way I'm ever going to be accused of any wrongdoing toward another human...harassment, assault, murder, or otherwise...is if someone has a vendetta against me because I chose to not tolerate their bullshit for whatever reason. In which case, I have a wealth of friends and exes who would be very happy to serve as character references.
In short: If you are worrying about being accused of sexual harassment or assault, then you are approaching relationships wrong.
You did the right thing.
Honestly, this weird dichotomy of "playing hard to get" and expecting the guy to make a move after being told no is in the process of dying, but it could go faster.
I often wonder how much slut shaming has to do with women who expect/want this sort of behavior from men. Does it make them feel like they aren't "responsible" for the sexual encounter if the guy is pushy, therefore they aren't a slut?
I've always wondered about it since I hated pushy dudes when I was still dating. My husband had excellent manners and etiquette, that's what initially attracted me to him, so this one is a mystery.
Maybe one day someone can figure it out and explain it to me.
My husband and I met at a friend's house and both ended up staying the night. The friend went up to his room, my husband set up the pull out couch for me to lay on... and then went to go sleep on the recliner. It was fucking adorable and I'm pretty sure that right there was the moment I decided he needed to be mine. I laughed at him and told him he needed to get his ass over to the bed because there was no way we weren't going to at least cuddle after making eyes at each other for 6 hours straight, lol.
Respect is fucking hot. I don't understand guys who don't get that, or women who don't think the same way.
I often wonder how much slut shaming has to do with women who expect/want this sort of behavior from men.
Honestly, probably a lot. Women are every bit as horny as men are in their late teens and 20s, but there's a ton of social pressure on women to be both virgins and whores; not have sex, but be sexually desirable. (Meanwhile, men mostly get told that they're supposed to be ready to go all the time.) The old Christmas song, "Baby It's Cold Outside" relies on this whole trope; she wants to say yes, but she can't just say yes; she needs to have some excuse. And he knows that, so he's trying to give her the excuse she wants. But to our ears now it ends up sounding very rape-y.
I often wonder how much slut shaming has to do with women who expect/want this sort of behavior from men. Does it make them feel like they aren’t “responsible” for the sexual encounter if the guy is pushy, therefore they aren’t a slut?
this is 99% of it. It's about plausible deniability if things don't go well. it's all about pushing all the responsibility onto the man.
When have you ever met a woman admit to being bad at sex?
You did the right thing. She fumbled you.
I'm very curious how that conversation continued after you said no means no.
She was surprised at my answer, because it wasn't what other guys would have done. I guess ultimately she respected it because we dated for a few years.
I’m so damn scared of being called for sexual harassment.
OK, if all you people over there are like this, and you still do have functional relationships, maybe I'm really just unlikable and don't constantly fail at reading the signs.
Or somehow only likable for the particular kind of women who communicate with signs only. There definitely, confidently were such cases, but!
Really hard to believe it's a cultural thing.
I'm so damn scared of being called for sexual harassment.
So, you aren't worried about sexually assaulting somebody? You're just worried about being caught?
You should be a basketball player if you can reach like that
What you said is a bit childish. No, definitely not scared of this because it will never happen. I'm not going to do this because I'll ensure there is consent first. Please read and understand what I said.. (edit: grammar)
Yeah lady, that's a good thing. Not only for safety, but because normal people don't like stupid head games or trying to guess "is she playing hard to get?"
Plus it seems to me that if somebody plays hard to get to stroke their ego about how desired they are, they are much more likely to end up with a partner that’s an overconfident or pushy asshole and might not be the most fun to share a life with.
That’s not an absolute rule of course. I’m sure it works for plenty of couples where the chase was fun and flirtatious. But that crap is not for me and thank goodness I’ve been married to a good person for a long-ass time.
I have occasionally thought that a woman might be looking for more pushback when they say no, but then I realize that's insane. I have to believe people when they say no because the alternative is a nightmare, and also I don't want to be with someone who doesn't say what they mean.
I don't want to be with someone who doesn't say what they mean.
That's my point of view. I got enough BS going on with my life. I don't want to spend time talking to a partner that won't say what they mean.
Up means up down means down left means left right means right yes means yes no means no stop means stop go means go.
That's the only operational matrix I can function in. Anyone I'm dating/friends gets told that, and the 2nd or 3rd time that matrix isn't respected, it's over, no looking back.
I call that respecting a woman's decision. If OOP wants to play silly games then the correct answer is "Maybe".
There's a vast difference between a straight up no and opening a dialogue.
If I ask a girl out and she says sorry I have a boyfriend or sorry you're not my type or no thank you I'm just going to move on.
It's no skin off my back, thank you for letting me know before I waste of my time.
I just wish I had this same level of confidence in my teenage years as I do now.
Like you miss all of the shots that you don't take and I missed so many fucking shots.
I even had one girl laying on the bed next to me telling me about how she's had sex before and would like to try having sex again and I was like "well good luck with that, I mean, you're really pretty so you're probably not going to have any problems"
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--be me high functioning autistic, struggle with social ques.
--begin highschool, theres a cute girl.
--decide to be extra friendly, take every available moment to be beside her and friendly.
-- 2 months go by, still doesnt notice my intent. Decided to be blunt.
-- tell her i like her, romatically. Says cool and walks away,
-- autism engage.mp3
-- do the same shit for 2 weeks
-- she tells me she want to be friends, I respect her wishs tho saddened.
-- walk with her in-between classes like all my other friends.
-- she calls me creepy and to stop stalking her. I explain im not stalking im just being a friend and just enjoy talking inbetween class.
-- 2 weeks go by, she doesnt say anything about me being "creepy"
-- go to B lunch where i sit by myself cause friends have A lunch.
-- phone buzz.mp3
-- random number of text message with photo of me 20 seconds ago at lunch table.
-- panic issues, i message who dis. They reply, you dont need to know stop stalking (girls name). I explain its not stalking if i go up and say hello and talk to them.
-- they dont listen, they tell me to stop being creepy. I ask again who this was. No reply...
-- i tell them ill get the cops involved if they dont reval themselfs.
-- lunch ends, goes to math class. Asks (girl) what she know about random texter.
-- (girl) says no clue
-- day ends, sleep like shit because of creepy MF.
-- finally get response, im (girls friend)
-- i sit at lunch table following day with her and ask whats this is about.
-- she says (girl) says im a creepy stalker that follows her around and stares at her. And that (girl) asked her to do this. I explain i like talking to her, and she engages back in a mutal conversion. And that im autistic and zone out.
-- she still insists im a creep
-- confront (girl) in math class "Why did you lie about this, just tell me you dont want to be friends" Girl refuses to talk to me and spreads rumors of me being a creep.
-- MFW i dont miss highschool dating.
TLDR- women gaslights autism into stalking and give lasting insecurity issues.
Too believable to be a greentext
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Lmao what is the point of making shit like this up?
Creepy guy uses excuse of autism to justify being creepy despite clear verbal instructions and explanation.
Autism is not an excuse to be act however you want, people give you leeway not free lichence. Failing to pick up cues is one thing but you don't need emotional intelligence to know that following someone around like that is not acceptable behavior. None of my medically diagnosed autistic friends stalk girls and they'd all understand clear and direct instructions.
I suggest you reread, i do agree autism is not blanket excuse. However i did explain in detail that i was not stalking, or following her around in a creepy manor. I did this to ALL my friends, and all interactions where consentual. I did not harras or berate anyone who didnt want to talk. Many interactions included the phrase "do you want to chat on the way to class" to which i forgot to add for better context.
Also for better clarity (Girl) never said to fuck off (Girls friend) did.
If (girl) wanted me to fuck off she should have self advocated and say i dont want to be friends with you.
Because as stated "shes didnt want to be Romantic and just wanted to be friends" to which i did stop saying she looked niced and other things that could be takin as Romantic, and simply had small talk, asking about her day, talking about teachers and upcoming assignments.
Also i must add using autism as a lump sum to cover up creepy shit is not right. But i find rather moronic in your use case as you lump "all my autistic friends dont do that"
May i remind you that autism is a spectrum, not one person is the exact as the other. And added context would be beneficial if they were also high functioning. Comparing people on the spectrum is rarely ever apple to apples. "My one autistic friend starts screaming and crying when his peas touch his corn on his plate" Compared to "My friend misses social ques and struggles with communication"
Also via wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-functioning_autism
"High-functioning autism was historically an autism classification where a person exhibits no intellectual disability, but may experience difficulty in communication, emotion recognition, expression, and social interaction."
Good day,
As an autistic woman who dates and befriends a lot of autistic people... everyone here was autistic. This is why people with autism really need to learn communication skills and how to respect boundaries. Given that this was high school, that compounds the issues (high schoolers have very little social skills).
The first boundary violation was him telling her that he liked her every day for 2 weeks. Like even telling someone once can cross emotional boundaries, doing it every day is a LOT. For a high schooler. I am pretty nice to homeless people and sometimes they tell me they love me. None of them have done it every day for two weeks. That's odd af behavior. When she tried to communicate that, she did it badly (but really who ever is in this situation??), and OP disagreed with her feelings (not a debate) and basically said he'd keep walking with her because he wanted to. That's the second boundary violation. Then keeps violating boundaries after they amplify hostile behaviors. It's like petting a rattlesnake and getting bit, despite the snake warning you repeatedly to go away.
Autism, OCD, and low serotonin can be comorbid, and OCD in particular is associated with stalking and obsessive behaviors. Not every person with OCD will stalk ofc though.
There's already kind of a "shortage" of autistic women who are willing to date men, and then they run into guys like this and get sworn off it. The lack of communication is the main problem, but also it's hard for people to have similar special interests. One of my friends dated a guy who started to develop a special interest in taxidermy and made a long cloak of rat skins including the tail. It did not smell good or look good. She is a vegan veterinarian. It was a huge conflict.
I have noticed. Good job men, it’s appreciated, keep up the good work of respecting boundaries
yeah, of course that's it. There's a thing called other women, so that we don't have to kill ourselves over you.
That and the whole if someone says no and you continue... You are now harassing someone. Those are the people that give a bad wrap to so many people. No means no. If you don't mean no, don't say it, or message them later saying you were nervous or some shit and just reacted out of fear. But it is on them once they said no. They shut the door. You don't keep knocking and trying to kick it in and expect to not be considered a threat.
This is an easy fix. Say yes the first time.
Saying "convince me" may even get you some persuasion. ;)
Or just don't ask why the people who care about you respect your boundaries
Why play these games? Why waste my time? I am not 15, if you do this shit, I don't care about you anymore and I'll just find someone else
Women like to be chased. It's an ego boost for them, they like the attention.
Women also hate indicating consent. They like consent, but they hate indicating it. Because if she never says yes she can have you arrested for sexual assault/rape/whatever. Women LOVE hurting people if they have bad feelings and that's a great way to hurt people, they won't give that up for ANYTHING.
They want to be chased, so they don't say yes because that would end the chase. They don't want to imply consent to continue to chase, so they don't say things like "not yet" or "you'll have to do better than that." That would give up their "ruin this man's life on a whim for free" card. So they say no. Man says "okay have a nice night" and walks away forever. Woman posts video on Tiktok asking where all the good men have gone.
There's a clue to the problem with your analysis:
Women like
Women also
They like
They want
They hate
They don't
Do you see it? You're referring to roughly half our entire species, 3-4 billion people, as though they are all a single unit with singular preferences. Try seeing humans as humans, it's pretty wild your first time out.
Bro is having a paranoid episode. lol. Went from "Society has changed" to some incel-level shit real fast. XD
Everybody here is saying it's feminism or metoo. But if she's been dating for long enough to notice these differences, then she might just be getting older.
Teenagers will spend a lot of time wooing the person they want. Middle-aged people have no time and will simply move on to the next person who's not playing games.
Teenagers will spend a lot of time wooing the person they want. Middle-aged people have no time and will simply move on to the next person who’s not playing games.
Bingo. Adults have no time for stupid games. Kids do.
The question of adulthood is not determined by age though. Particularly when it comes to relationships (including non romantic ones)
i mean if it's noticeable, then that's a great success for metoo. it brought attention to the importance of consent and the ability to give consent. to the idea that no doesn't mean try harder and more forcefully, but that no means no.
that's awesome. it's not over, but it's progress...
... then out of nowhere someone comes along and says "you ever notice men aren't as rapey as before? what's up with that?"
Why waste time on a no? Currently, women are throwing my number away after trying hard to get it shrugs
Yup. It's called respect.
If you don't know the person, taking a "no" at face value is exactly what everyone should do.
Also, not "no longer persuasive" but "not as insistent". If you said no and the man was "ok," you were persuasive.
I like to take out a weapon and ask them to reconsider
Take them out in a boat and then they won't say no... because of the implications.
What do we need a mattress for?
A gun to the head makes a pretty good point
uh, no means no lol. have a good one if you're not going to suggest a different time date and just flat out "no".
IMO, a lot of this "lady's" complaint is a result of equality, and the "me too" movement (and related concepts). None of which is bad. I'll make that clear. This is not a bad thing.
Guys are respecting me, and leaving me alone when I say so? Omg, what a fucking shocker. Something that should have always been the case is happening and she's.... What? Upset about it?
Does she want to date rapists? People who would physically and emotionally force themselves on their victims? That's the exact behavior we're trying to eliminate. WTF?
Lady, as a guy, I want to inform you that, we're not the problem here.
If you like someone, and they ask you on a date, say yes. It's that simple.
There's a weird hyper-romanticized idea of men sweeping women off their feet with grand gestures and soul moving ballads.
But these tend to be storybook romances that imply the woman is pinning for the man and just looking for an excuse to say yes.
What's Prince Charming supposed to do when you say you're not interested? Just stare at you like a whipped dog and making whimpering sounds until you come around?
Idk, lady. If hitting on people is so easy, why don't you try it?
Saw a girl post a video talking about "Men aren't persistent anymore. My father asked out my mother and she said no, she was a waitress and he kept asking until she agreed to go out with him. My uncle did the same thing with my aunt, she was a cruise director and he was in the band on the ship, and he kept on asking what will it take for you to go out with me?"
Miss, your father and uncle grew up in a time when you could pay your college tuition working at Steak & Shake, get a white collar breadwinning job by looking the manager in the eye and giving him a firm handshake, buy a house for $20,000 and ask out a coworker without being fired. Here in 2024 saying "Hey do you want to go out for coffee sometime" is a career ending move. Asking out a waitress is how you signal the manager to ask you to leave the bar or restaurant. Compared to the 80's or 90's women in the United States handle being asked out very badly. "The worst she can say is no" is very much no longer the case. So if he even bothers to shoot his shot at all anymore "persistence" isn't even in his head.
Can't she try herself to ask men out?
Heresy!
If only women knew this simple trick
This is where "no means no" got you, lady.
It got you to "You have to say yes now. With your entire mouth."
When you were actually looking for a cult leader all along.
I'm half covinced this is some incel/Tate fanboy pretending to be a woman.
I'm not saying it couldn't be. I'm not convinced it isn't either. But I will say I've known women who not only want to play that game, I've known women who want to tell you no and have you take what you want anyway, and they don't always have that conversation with you before hand.
they don’t always have that conversation with you before hand.
Well, see, there's the problem. If you're into CNC, you need to have the conversation with someone, and you still need to establish safewords and shit, so that one person doesn't think it's CNC while the other person is experiencing sexual assault.
Oh, and the women that are into CNC are not into just anyone doing that; they still want it to be 'safe'. Or safely un-safe.
I’ve known women who want to tell you no and have you take what you want anyway
...and I've met women who will say that because it sounds smart at the moment. They maybe genuinely wanting to play a little bit of a game within reason, but when speaking on the topic they will just casually forget about the nuance and insist on "no does not mean no, don't give up boy" BS.
They don't realize that saying that in a group of reasonable polite people, assuming we all know what it really means (play just a little bit), it's not entirely BS, but if there's a desperate sociopath/stalker with no ability to respect limits properly there somewhere, then they might just take it as justification for rape.
Nah I've experienced that myself. I spent years kicking myself for taking 'no' as 'no' from this one girl (we were teens) only to be told she wanted me to keep persisting. It took a long time for me to realize that she wasn't worth it.
Lady, if you can’t keep up, you’re gonna get left behind. Adapt or fail.
My money’s on fail
Women - "No means no"
Men - Stops pursuing a girl after she says no
Women - "No not like that!"
I say bring back the good old days of sexual harassment and fifty layers of meaning wrapped in a frilly bodice.
Dont have to be hit on the head but once
Boxing is a profession
hotboxing is an art
But also, honey, you're not looking like you used to. Maybe you're not worth the fight you once were...
Nah idc how hot she is, someone who plays hard to get is never worth it
Not gonna lie yall losing your shit over this post gives me incel vibes
Because if someone says no then that should be it, why should someone be expected to continue pursuing a person after explicit denial?
Totally agree. Why do all these people care so much that one person online is claiming to not get that... Also id bet money an andrew tate type is the real poster lol. So the incel part to me is that all these people have such strong reactions to a nothing burger. Just an excuse to be angry at an imaginary woman.
Like if i posted 2+2=5 id obviously be wrong but it wouldn't be reposted and obessed over like this because incels couldnt use that as an excuse to be angry at a woman. Make sense?
cracks knuckles Let's piss some people off tonight.
This is sound mating strategy for homo sapiens.
Take yourself out of generational context. Forget religion, social mores and written history. Think back 100,000 years. Think game theory. Think only in terms of selfish genes.
A promiscuous female is a loss for the male. Whose kid is he raising? Massive waste for the male if it's not his genes.
(Insert note regarding the hypothesis as to why our dicks are shovel shaped. Add observations of male mammals killing their rival's offspring and note how we see this in modern men.)
A child requires an extraordinary output of time and energy, for both parties, far more than other mammals. Childbirth is also extraordinarily dangerous for big-brained primate females; big heads, helpless infancy and so forth.
The female needs her mate to stick around and care for her and her child during pregnancy through early child rearing. After all, she's going to be the very definition of handicapped for a couple of years. (Insert note regarding the hypothesis that grandmothers partially fill this role and why women live longer.) If she hasn't been picky and chosen a solid mate, her and her child may well die.
Now the male has to push back against this resistance. If he's not the type to push, he doesn't make babies, pass on his genes. To put a finer point on it, if he's not attracted enough to effort the chase, he may be a slut who will run off. Refer to previous paragraph.
tl;dr: Evolution selected for hard-to-get females and pushy males.
What you're essentially describing here is evolutionary psychology. Now, I won't go as far as some have to say that it's an entirely bunk field of study, primarily because I'm nowhere near qualified to make those claims. But I will say that it's a field that has received a lot of criticism for being full of poor science and "just-so" stories without a basis in good science, and that even if some aspects of the field are valid, it has frequently been misapplied in popscience to promote incel/alt-right worldviews.
The thing that makes me chuckle is how these evolutionary psychology little stories always forget the most basic thing: humans are social animals that live in clans.
The bunk part is the overconfidence in the conclusion, not necessarily the ponderance.
Because people are more than someone else's summation and over-simplification of their evolutionary history.
If they weren't, then social evolution wouldn't exist. Hence, the alt-right adoption.
That's the bunk, that, and they were being a total dildo.
I know you're trying to make an argument, but your word choice and way of presenting the arguments is giving off major incel vibes.
I expected this response because I frequently used the word "female". This is a biology discussion, not a sociological one. I tried to take care to set and keep the tone scientific and not "in common parlance". And perhaps I failed.
As to "incel", I've had 50+ lovers in this life, the very opposite of involuntarily celibacy. What this says about my psychological needs, well, I've been thinking on that lately, not liking my own reflection. Thank god I'm with my wife and those days seem at a close.
As to the science of my post, I welcome challenges! Challenges to my ideas are how I learn.
Now imagine this: Every now and again a species makes a great evolutionary leap. Men respecting women's decisions and women being honest about what they want could be the next stage of human evolution.
We can change and history and genetics show that our cultural choices really do influence our evolution.
Did Andrew Tate watch a nature documentary about Lucy, or something?
I give this one a 2/10, too obvious with the crack knuckles
Add observations of male mammals killing their rival's offspring and note how we see this in modern men.
No, we don't see this. Men do not routinely kill their rivals' offspring and, if they did, the mother would want them locked up.
Most of your logic implicitly assumes that males and females pair up. The game theory is quite different otherwise. What makes you think that our ancestors 100,000 years ago did this, when you're explicitly comparing them to mammal species that don't?
You succeeded at line 1, I'll give you that.
Others have hammered on how incorrect this is but I do want to point one thing out
the female needs her mate to stick around and care for her and her child during pregnancy through early child rearing
This is assuming a 1950s style atomic family unit which is an extremely new concept. Evidence suggests our shared pre-agriculture ancestors lived in small hunter gatherer groups. These groups would share responsibilities, like a family, but not necessarily all be closely related. "it takes a village to raise a child" and everything.
