posted on Dec, 29 2004 @ 09:41 AM
(notice my assistance in placing your cultural/gender milieu.)
"trick" certainly implies either deception or prostitution.
Hmmm. I suppose a repeat customer could have a FINANCIAL relationship . . . oh well, best not to dwell on that concept.
I think men who feel overwhelmed by the relentless competition for mates of the opposite and/or desired sex feel like there is just no way they stand
any chance for success.
Hence the desire for a stratagem or tactic that they can rely on to get a foot in the door, while they hope to "close the deal" on their own
charms.
My point about my own behavior fits in with this. I definitely felt overlooked and ignored by eligible bachelorettes. But if you are seen in the
company of a beautiful woman, who is laughing whispering, etc., then it gives the connotation that you are safe, since another female already trusts
you.
A man sitting alone has all the earmarks of a peripheral male, in any primate troop. The peripheral males are the ones that could damage your own
social standing, if you converse with them, much less spawn w/ one. Plus, it's the peripheral males that are responsible for actually committing
most of the over-the-top aggression during primate ceremonies of ritualized violence.
Examples:
in Gangs, the leaders (alpha-males) never journey to the fringe of the "turf." They also don't wear colors. They let the peripheral males wear
the colors and get capped in the drive-by's.
In classical/medieval warfare, the champion from each side who goes out to fight is never the alpha male. It wasn't king saul who went to face
Goliath; it was a shepherd named David. . .
In the French and indian wars, British officers and Indian chiefs never took scalps. it was always the braves, and the British scouts, who did the
grisly work.
Sadly primates always leave the bloody/dangerous jobs to the guys who aren't getting any. And THIS is exactly why they CANNOT get any.
And the fact that they are not getting any explains why they are so dangerous!
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