pwno comments on Why Real Men Wear Pink - Less Wrong

51 Post author: Yvain 06 August 2009 07:39AM

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Comment author: knb 06 August 2009 06:18:13PM *  17 points [-]

People do let themselves go somewhat after marriage. But they don't fall apart entirely because:

  1. Staying fashionable is fun for some people.

  2. It is important for same-sex status games for women especially.

  3. You have to continue to look nice or your partner might leave you.

  4. Not staying fashionable signals laziness and implies that past efforts to stay fashionable were deceptive mating practices.

Comment author: pwno 06 August 2009 07:20:17PM *  4 points [-]

2.It is important for same-sex status games for women especially.

Agreed. I think that wanting to look more physically attractive than other women is similar behavior to men wanting to dominate each other (AMOG, in PUA term). Both behaviors continue after marriage.