Risk and Reward

Thought this was interesting...According to a study published in the journal of evolution and human behavior women were given descriptions of fictional men who decided whether or not to engage in physically dangerous activities (Climbing a mountain, traveling alone in dangerous terrain, bungee jumping, jumping into a river to save a child. The ladies admired heroic risks but were reportedly turned off by a pointless daredevil. The logic being that a women wants a mate who is going to survive to continue on to be a good provider.

This got me thinking about risk and reward and why I think this study is bullshit. For one it takes place in a vacuum and two it doesn't account for the motivation and by-product of risk which I would say most women do find attractive.

The first being the primary and the second being a by-product

A person who takes above average risks is confident they believe in themselves enough to think that they can survive and perform better than most. Chances are people who engage in the behaviors listed in the study are also in better shape and more extroverted then the average population. (You are not going to go extreme rock climbing if you are a 100 pounds overweight) Hobbies make people interesting etc. All of these items I would say rank high on the desired qualities scale confidence, Health, Interests, extroversion, Activities etc.
(Ladies feel free to argue)

The by-product of taking risks is also wealth generation(one could argue that this is two different types of risk) But I would say the same belief one has in themselves to climb Everest is the same believe one has in themselves to move jobs across the country be aggressive enough to climb to the top of an industry or create their own industry. Women like good monetary providers and I would conjecture that people who take on slightly more risk that average are wealthier.

Now there is a line...Calculated risk. Had the questions been along the lines of Would you like to mate with a man who likes to sit in the middle of the freeway? I would have given it a chance fortunately those people usually don't live long enough to breed.

So take a chance and be A-G-R-E-S-S- well you know the cheer


PS There was also a question of would you like to mate with someone who has had a lot of other sexual partners or is sexually promiscuous? Almost all respond no....but doesn't the fact that the man had so many partners already say otherwise? If he is able to be promiscuous someone is letting him?

PSS "There is nothing as sincere as a women telling a lie."
Why can't we all just talk about what we really want?