I think women may turn out to be better leaders than men. I’ve been reading a lot about personality measurement, and the science has moved forward significantly since the discovery of the Big 5 (6 if you include general intelligence). The science-backed traits are: Intelligence Conscientiousness Openness Agreeableness Stability Extroversion Women score higher than men in conscientiousness and…
The Perfect Analogy For Women Constantly Being Hit On
From Reddit: Take a moment and imagine that you and a bunch of your friends are being invited to a party. They’re mostly nice dudes and they’re offering you some free food, but every time you go, someone always ends up asking if you want to help them move their furniture. Now you don’t hate moving furniture, in…
The Real Reason Women Love Diamonds
It’s because they’re worthless. From this Psychology Today article. A good dad must possess two qualities: the ability to acquire and accumulate resources, and the willingness to invest them in her and her children. Giving women things that are worth something doesn’t count, because it’s still useful to the man. What matters most in courtship, in terms of…
Promiscuous Women Tend to be Unhappy
A study has shown that depressed women tend to have more sex. This is not a surprise to me, nor is it to many people. This is going to sound horrible, but women usually have lots of sex with lots of people in order to fill a hole (I told you). I’ve seen the rushing undercurrent of damaged…
Why Men Love Laser Pointers
Laser pointers are so compelling to men because of the male obsession with exerting one’s will. When we shine a laser pointer two blocks away onto someone’s garage there’s a part of us that’s saying, “I own that house. Watch me make my mark all over it…” It’s a weapon tool for expanding our scope of influence. When…
Alone Before Together
I got a great response to my recent “nice guy” post. It seemed to resonate with a lot of people. Of all the great comments the one in the title stood out the most. The quote belongs to someone named Morris, and I very much appreciate the comment he made. I think this is going to be the…
The Nice Guy Paradox [Solved]
Most guys know about the nice guy paradox. It’s where they’ve been told since they were young — both by women and by society in general — that women like “nice” guys. And because they’ve been told this over and over, most guys grow up trying this approach only to have reality kick them in the groin. This…
Women
Perhaps one of the most significant things to remember when trying to understand women is that there is a huge difference between what they think or say they want and what they actually want.