by Kevin Hogan, Psy. D.
Author of Irresistible Attraction: Secrets of Personal Magnetism
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Some people are almost invisible to other people.
You look out into the room and it's all just a bunch of faces.
But a few stand out.
For women surveying the room, they aren't "looking" for "anything."
What they see, though, are the few men in the room who
clearly have status in the group.
Maybe it's the star player, the CEO, the Manager. It could
be the top Harley rider or winner of the race.
Women see status and dominance.
But women aren't blind to physical appearance. Physical appearance
is evolutionarily just as predictive of reproductive success as a
man's status or dominance in a group.
The square jaw, the symmetrical facial features, each side a
mirror of the other.
But she didn't see the face first. On the contrary, unlike men, women "look"
at a man's body and his height (at the nonconscious level).
Research shows that taller men make more money than their shorter counterparts and
men are getting taller with each generation.
50 years ago, a 5'8" man was normal. Today he is close to being
filtered out of consciousness by Alpha Females...those women
who can have the pick of the litter...
[Alpha Females are defined in this article as women in the top
quintile of desirability by men. Beta Females are in the top 50%]
In 2009, the 5'10" man is the norm. And he needs every inch of that.
Better or worse depending on how you look at it, the taller men earn
significantly more money than the shorter men.
Better looking men earn a little more than their shorter counterparts.
And if Alpha Women can't find status and dominance...or if status
and dominance have been taken by someone else in the group,
their genes move them in the direction of the most attractive of
those who remain.
...with a caveat. The Alpha Woman has her choice. The other 80%
have the choice of what is left.
The 80% won't connect with the high status or highly dominant males.
They won't link up with the best looking man in the group.
But all is not lost.
The Beta Women, those in the top 50% of physical appearance,
will almost to a woman connect with those Alpha and Beta Males
of the group.
Isn't that a little shallow? Certainly women tell you they want a
"nice guy," who will "care about me," "who will respect me."
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Maybe it's the star player, the CEO, the Manager. It could
be the top Harley rider or winner of the race.
