Jonathan_Graehl comments on More art, less stink: Taking the PU out of PUA - Less Wrong

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Comment author: randallsquared 12 September 2010 06:03:12PM 2 points [-]

This seems like an excellent reason for men to object to PUA: it focuses mainly on one night stands and short term relationships, which may reduce the ease and likelihood of pair bonding for the woman, later in life. PUA statistically works against the success rate of long term relationships.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 21 September 2010 03:25:22AM *  1 point [-]

I agree that men form lasting emotional bonds partly as a result of (more often than a cause of) physical intimacy. But this usually does not exclude desire for sex with other women. If a man immediately settles down with the first woman who will touch him, it just means he really hates looking for such women (perhaps irrationally so). In this case, his even finding one is (excluding abusive psychopaths) an improvement.

Comment author: randallsquared 22 September 2010 03:58:01AM 0 points [-]

I agree, which is the reason that I specified "for the woman".