MrHen comments on Generalizing From One Example - Less Wrong

259 Post author: Yvain 28 April 2009 10:00PM

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Comment author: HughRistik 29 April 2009 07:21:29AM 16 points [-]

This is indeed a cached thought, but it's mostly wrong.

Men who are introverted, sensitive, and Agreeable often make this complaint, yet they tend to perceive men without those qualities as "jerks." So, "women only like jerks" really means something like "women like men with personalities different from mine."

The observation that "women only like jerks," while untrue, is unsurprising given a well documented female preference for masculine traits in the psychological literature (cites upon request). Feminists may find this notion politically difficult, and feminists themselves might atypically dislike masculine traits in men and project their preferences onto other women via the Typical Psyche Fallacy.

Comment author: MrHen 29 April 2009 01:33:40PM 3 points [-]

I don't need a cite, but what are "masculine traits"? Grunting?

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Comment author: HughRistik 02 May 2009 11:18:31PM 1 point [-]

That's a pretty good list.

I reviewed some of the evidence of female attraction to masculine traits in men here, and in this series.