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Originally posted by smyleegrl
Confidence is appealing, that is true. However, IMO, overconfidence and arrogance is singularly unattractive.
My husband is the quiet, gentle type. He's not an alpha male by any means, preferring to get along with everyone.
However, I have seen him go "postal" one time, when someone threatened our son. It was not pretty. At the same time, it was gratifying to know that my husband is quite capable of defending us should the need arise.
Personally, I was attracted to the bad boys, but knew enough to realize there's a reason they were called bad boys. As I got older, my attraction to the bad boy stereotype diminished.
As we mature, we realize just how absurd some of our early conceptions really were.
Originally posted by fadedface
...Women ignore, reject and even ridicule quiet, uncompetitive and passive males like me who lack confidence..
...women are still predominately breeding with aggressive and competitive alpha males and instilling the violent and competitive genes in the next generation...
...women are affronted by the uncompetitive and passive nature of non alpha males such as 'omega males' like myself
...they manipulate alpha males into bullying us and alienate and deny us social acceptance...
...Females marginalise passive and uncompetitive males...
...Women in terms of attraction to males don't seem to have mentally evolved...
...
Originally posted by Cuervo
No woman that I currently know will do more than laugh at those type of guys. They are more into the right kind of guys. You know, the Jonny Depps, the artists, the deep, the smart, the caring, the talented, and just crazy enough to utterly destroy those who hurt you.
Originally posted by Banananananana
reply to post by fadedface
You have a weak frame. I can assure you that if you're out in a scene and exhibit this lack of value, whether primary or secondary, you will not be successful; women will smell this on you a mile away. You also assume that women want a continually loud, brash, and overzealous male. This is not true; they want versatility. You need to be able to gauge when to be sensitive, funny, aloof, assertive, and passive. Your problem seems to be not understanding this dynamic. Women will test you, always, consciously or subconsciously, and you will only pass by understanding the dynamic of attraction and where you are within it. If you continue to be funny when she wants to build rapport you will lose her, if you show disinterest in her as a woman when she's opening up you will lose her, if you attempt to build rapport before you have shown value you will lose her.
Being dominant is not simply a characteristic of loudness, that in itself can be compensation, and childish. Being alpha is about strength, of character, desire, and goals. If there is any part of you that is not consistent in this regard, women will see you as beta.
edit on 5/19/2013 by Banananananana because: (no reason given)edit on 5/19/2013 by Banananananana because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by fadedface
reply to post by SearchLightsInc
I don't have any standards when it comes to females as I've never been in a relationship or even ever had a friend who was female as I've already said.
But ALL women from the good looking shallow ones to the ordinary plain and quiet and shy ones are ALL without exception primarily attracted to confident socially accepted (preferably alpha) males! So a quiet, passive, timid and thoughtful male like myself who lacks confidence and has no social skills will always be rejected and ignored by ALL women. So women are to blame for my situation in some sense because women ignore and reject the quiet socially awkward male when they should approach us but instead of this they wait for the confident males to start vying for their attention.
Also on your other points it has been shown in scientific studies that women are biological attracted to males with higher levels of testosterone and if your disputing that women are attracted to alpha males and that relationships between men and women are based on self preservation, procreation and natural selection your practically disputing Darwinism and thousands of years of physical and sociological evolutionedit on 19-5-2013 by fadedface because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by LightsideAssassin
Originally posted by Akragon
reply to post by fadedface
Actually women like confidence, and are usually turned off by a bully...
Yes they prefer the alpha male to some coward... but isn't the reason obvious?
You outlined it in your post somewhat...
We as males are supposed to be the protectors... and if you're a coward... who are you going to protect?
IF one has no confidence... you likely won't be able to make a woman laugh... aside from laughing at you...
Simple solution.... don't be a wimp... Girls hate that