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#319 - David Buss - The Hidden Psychology Of Sexual Conflict

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Why Women Underperceive Men's Sexual Interest

Women value confidence and interpreted it as a sign of status. Men who are genuinely sexually interested try to eliminate expressing the sexual components of their interest, because in fact, it backfires. Women do things like, oh, I can't go out with you. I have a boyfriend. And so she has to deflect this sexual attention in a way that doesn't cause resentment on the part of the guy.

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