MA-teoriasta

Kommenttiosastolta poimittua.

Esimerkki:

mieshenkilön a MA on 50
mieshenkilön b MA on 50
mieshenkilön c MA on 50

Nainen, jonka MA on 50.

Kenet nainen valitsee?

Käytännössä (yksinkertaistettuna):
henkilö a on ruma ja varakas
henkilö b on tavallinen perusjamppa.
henkilö c on sosiaalisesti kyvykäs, komea, mutta työtön.

Kenet nainen valitsee?

Autokaupassa on kolme samanhintaista autoa: pakettiauto, urheiluauto ja henkilöauto, joista jokaisen hinta on 10 000 euroa. Auton ostajalla on rahaa 10 000 euroa auton ostamiseen, mikä hänen on maksettava kokonaisuudessaan autosta, vaikka auto olisikin tuota hintaa halvempi. Minkä auton ostaja valitsee? Auton ostaja valitsee luultavasti sellaisen auton, joka sopii parhaiten hänen tarpeisiinsa. Silti jokaisella noista autoista on sama markkina-arvo.

Autokaupassa on myöskin 15 000 euron hintaisia autoja ja 5000 euron hintaisia autoja. Ostaja ottaisi mieluusti tuollaisen kallliimman auton, mutta autokauppias ei suostu sellaista ostajalle myymään alehintaan. Halvempaa autoa ei ole järkevää ottaa, koska ostaja joutuu käyttämään koko 10 000 euroa auton ostamiseen ja siten on järkevää käyttää tuo summa juuri tuon hintaiseen autoon.

Danimal:

If you examine the mating attempts of men, you will probably see them shying away from women who are "out of their league," as well as ignoring available women who are below some minimum level of attractiveness, and concentrating their efforts on women who are around a similar level of attractiveness, the level where the payoff from scoring attractive partners matches the pain from a rejection rate that is higher than uglier women would pose.

It's like the way people take jobs that are more challenging, and higher-paying, than the stupidest jobs they could take, while they simultaneously shy away from jobs that are far too demanding. "Sexual market value" is similar to "qualifications" in the job market. Most people take jobs near the top limit of their qualifications, somewhere below the point where the job demands would overwhelm them, just as most people choose partners near the top limit of their sexual market value.

That is, men and women end up choosing partners who are about as attractive to the opposite sex as they are.

A man who is highly attractive to lots of women is unlikely to choose a woman who is attractive only to him. Conversely, a woman who is highly attractive to lots of men is unlikely to choose a man who is attractive only to her. The point is not that we want other people to want our partners, but because we want pretty much what most of our competition also wants.