Originally Posted by
GrkScorp
There's a wealth of literature on this.., but I suspect you're looking in the wrong places..
- Marketing (Management & Strategy)
- Consumer Behavior
- Organizational Behavior
- Behavioral Economics & Finance
- Advertising & Sales (Persuasion & Promotion)
"How do we market a product or service to complete strangers?"
"How do we grab hold of their interest?"
"How do we engage their curiosity and make them want to know more?"
"How do we get them even more interested and maintain that interest?"
"How do we set ourselves apart from the rest of the market?" (Blue Ocean Strategy)
"How do we motivate a buyer and translate that into a sale?"
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Now.., is the dating market really any different?
Think of yourself as a commodity.. a portfolio of assets.., human capital.., and qualities.. That's who you are.., and there's a marketplace you can sell yourself in exchange for an other commodity.., There is a certain demand for your portfolio of assets based on evolutionary biology.., social engineering and cultural practices..
Despite what you may have been lead to believe by an American media that uses "sex" to sell.. This tends to determine the survival rate of offspring..
Erotic & Physical Capital: 20%
Emotional & Intellectual Capital: 30%
Financial & Social Capital: 50%
Now.., fortunately for women.., we live in a hypersexualized culture where from a very young age.., men are conditioned to think of women as sex objects.. This becomes their life-long meta-model for how they respond to very attractive women.. Which means.., that men will ignore a woman's Financial & Social Capital value.., place less emphasis on her Emotional & Intellectual Capital value.., and focus on her Erotic & Physical Capital value.. Making the revealed preferences of men look something like:
Erotic & Physical Capital: 90%
Emotional & Intellectual Capital: 10%
Financial & Social Capital: Who cares?
Eventually.., after a guy gives in to all the advertising and marketing.., somewhere around his 4th or 6th girl he realizes that they're all pretty much the same.., whether she's screaming or silent.., moving or still.., hot or normal.., it doesn't make a difference for his d*ck.., it still feels the same.. So he starts to wonder.., "sex is not all it's cut out to be.., so what am I REALLY looking for?".., that's when the light dawns on his male mind.., "children.., family.., marriage".. His preferences for commodities on the dating market change..
Erotic & Physical Capital: 50% (Hey.., it's a HUGE decrease)
Emotional & Intellectual Capital: 40%
Financial & Social Capital: 10% (Mostly.., he doesn't want to marry someone everyone else has slept with)
So now that you have an idea about the preferences.., you can start to think about a couple of things..
Guys talking about a girl he's interested in to his friends:
- She's so thin and in shape
- She dresses really sexy
- She's got the whole T & A package
- Supermodel legs and blow-job lips
- These amazing eyes and her soft voice
- Ugh.., and she's normal! No drama!
(Dude.., that's awesome.., sounds like a keeper)
Girls talking about a guy she's interested in to her friends:
- He's really really cute
- He takes care of himself and knows how to dress well
- His parents are loaded! Their net asset value is close to $30 million.., I asked the bank for financial statements..
- Yeah.., plus he's an attorney.., making 6 figures a year!
- Has his own car and place.., plus a vacation home in the Hamptons!
- And he's ok.., I guess he's nice and all
(Ugh! You're so lucky!)