The Old Adage That "Nice...

The old adage that "nice guys finish last" is sadly true when it comes to women. A quick thread about the Dark Triad. (View Tweet)

Research suggests women are often more attracted to men with dark personality traits, including narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy—rather than empathetic and responsible men. (View Tweet)

This may be explained by evolutionary psychology: women evolved to be dependent and choosy, causing men to evolve to be taller and stronger, so women eventually want a man who can protect them from other men. (View Tweet)

Dark traits such as low empathy and cruelty may have proven useful in male intrasexual competition, leading to women's attraction to these traits in a co-evolved socially parasitic reproductive strategy. (View Tweet)

Additionally, dark behavior patterns may serve as honest signals of high status, and men may mimic dominance signals to achieve status ascension. (View Tweet)

Men and women with a fast-life history tend to score higher in the Dark Triad, which manifests as whiny psychopathic behavior in women and cold psychopathic behavior in men. For a refresher on Life History Theory, see https://t.co/jogLRBUSEm

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Research suggests there is assortative mating for Dark Triad traits among heterosexuals (men and women tend to date others with similar levels). (View Tweet)

While women with a slow-life history may be worried by a man's dark traits, due to their agreeableness they can sometimes fall for them anyway. Ultimately, I'm not saying men should be cruel. But do consider becoming just "10% more psycho." https://t.co/pPn77yjbtu (View Tweet)