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Bad guys really do get the most girls



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Nice guys knew it, now two studies have confirmed it: bad boys get the most girls. The finding may help explain why a nasty suite of antisocial personality traits known as the "dark triad" persists in the human population, despite their potentially grave cultural costs.
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36 responses // Bad guys really do get the most girls

  • Tried this last night in the pub, Told a girl that i killed her parents.

    Got her number...
    Owwmykneecap
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  • the interest to me here is that why isn't it asked about the attraction going the other way as well... do bad girls get more also?
    i bet they do, but it's obvious to me that as far as being chosen for a long term mate, it's the same, these bad boys, just as the girls, are not successful in being chosen for long term relationships.
    it may be that the gene pool keeps a bit of spice this way....
    1jefry
  • I can see in a lot of the (girl)friends that I have that they seem to get a kick out of being treated badly. They talk about how their boyfriend is "so insensitive," or "so RUUUUDE when he wants to be", but it seems to me they love it and love to talk about it, if only so they have something to talk about.

    On the flip side, when they have a guy who treats them well, they don't have anything to moan about so they get all indifferent about him and begin to treat HIM badly, and the guy laps it up.

    It's an endless vicious cycle of bitterness and breakups.

    My advice guys? Be the bad guy, romance is a myth.
    phillyharper
  • Its true.
    Im so evil that I got the best girl ever.

    When I was a nice caring puppy, noone gave a damn about me. when I started not giving a damn about anyone, then girls started falling down the sky.

    I know this is pretty flaky for me to say and im pretty sure theres a more educated way of saying it, but social interactions in this society are strange and being able to play through them have become my speciality lately.
    Juas
  • Book for those interested "The Game"
    jh64487
  • Any dude who says shit like "only bad guys get girls" and "girls don't like nice guys" clearly doesn't care as much about being NICE as about getting ASS. All these dudes all "blah blah girls only started liking me when I started acting like a dick," really mean "girls only started liking me when I stopped giving a shit and feeling bad about myself and labelling it as "nice"."

    Sorry, dudes. I date an unabashedly nice guy and I really don't see how a nice guy would ACTUALLY have more trouble than "bad boys" beyond a lack of confidence.
    procrastinatrix
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  • Yeah, brainless bimbos like bad guys.
    Dmitri_Molotov
  • Just a reminder to look at the paper that is referenced at the top of this article. The study is NOT about confidence or 'other peoples feelings' or being a 'nice' guy.

    It is about three specific and measurable personality traits. In the extreme, these bad traits are really bad. When not so extreme, maybe they only add up to 'ruthless'
    jahbini
  • Chics dig the bad boys '-)
    eldamon
  • Does it matter if bad guys obtain the most girls? Bad guys may get the most girls but the relationships are 90% insubstantial and purely sexual, the good guys win the heart, and thats eternal, bad guys get forgotten, good guys are immortalized by intimacy.....
    Mobius2012
  • This study only shows that "bad boys" with slightly antisocial, deceitful and manipulative personality traits tend to do better with short-term hookups.

    "It is universal across cultures for high dark triad scorers to be more active in short-term mating," Schmitt says. "They are more likely to try and poach other people's partners for a brief affair."

    However, the study doesn't say anything about whether these guys are happy overall. I would imagine they aren't. They have no security and no love, only a series of notches on their bedpost and probably some out-of-wedlock kids.

    "Bad boys" may get laid more, but I bet they also finish old and lonely.
    Julie_Soller
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  • "Bad guys really do get the most girls?"

    So that means that some girls have extremely poor judgement picking up boys right?
    stopnoise
  • If you want the king of the mountain to protect you and your future offspring, you might find aggression and a bit of a daredevil attitude as part of the whole package. Kicking ass and taking names is probably a sexier image than kissing ass and laying down in front of the train.

    Since I'm not a woman, though, I sure don't speak from a first hand knowledge of the decision making process.
    jahbini
  • I am very suspicious of this type of research because many important statistical details are missing. Since it is all speculative talking here, For me then it is possible that all the guys and girls they interviewed where of poor education and the girls did had much of a choice in picking up a partner for some sexual fun.
    stopnoise
  • The best part is that girls fall for the "bad" guy, have sex with him, then wonder why he doesn't ever call them again. Why are they surprised?
    sapere_aude
  • I think so but...

    I also believe, from past experience, that those girls don't really turn out to be the "perfect girl" you thought they were...

    In essence, no you didn't get her but she wouldn't be that great anyway:)
    PatrickEdwardMurray
  • Hey........I had a wife once, till her husband come and got her.
    cadsuch
  • what about bad girls? Do they get the most guys?
    andreads
  • Bad guys also get the most HERPES outbreaks and genital warts.

    How 'bad' .
    chillwillNJ
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  • who the hell is STILL actively pursuing bad guys??? lmao..it's like a silly movie. is that enrique iglesias?
    keeshii768
  • I didn't think this needed study...I think there needs to be a balance...
    "Bad guys" are usually douchebags in bad relationships. They make their ex-girlfriends have that "All-Guys-Are-Assholes" speech for a few weeks until the cycle starts over again with the next dude with a bad attitude. If they ask for it, then they can't complain...Some girls just like to be treated like crap, maybe because of the excitement.

    "Nice guys" are just too shy to express themselves. If they got nothing to say and never set their foot down, girls are bored and won't hesitate to go back to their ex-"bad guy". Then again, some guys like to be all soft and whipped...

    So maybe if girls found a balance, it could work out for the best...
    Blackgossbo
  • If I had any shred of confidence or knew how to approach someone of the opposite sex my life would be easier
    Jbart87
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  • There are the (bad) guys (some) girls date, and the (provider types) they marry.

    It's fun to be a bad guy - but come on, most bad guys are just posers trying to be cool - and the girls trying to live the cool life hooking up with them.

    I remember watching Risky Business with Tom Cruise and thinking to myself "what a poser" (Tom's fame and the fact he was plastered on the movie screen gave credibility to his performance as a bad boy). I wasn't breaking laws, but I wasn't a poser and definitely felt I wasn't the kind of guy parents wanted to see their daughter with. Strange as that was, I was a really nice guy - and a bad boy at the same time. Being really nice didn't stop me once I got past the insecurity.

    There are all types of girls / women. If you find you are attracted to the types who are attracted to bad boys, then you should be a bad boy.

    Actually, I'll tell you a secret; ALL girls like really nice guys who are also bad boys. It's killer. Now, you go and figure out for yourself what I mean by that.

    But I will say, the more the girls liked me, the less the guys could stand having me around and the more backstabbingly competitive they became. Pretty pathetic actually.

    I watched this pattern over and over again in my life - since kindergarten actually where I first experienced 'boys' outside my own family. The neighbor kids, lucky me, were girls prior to kindergarten . The competitiveness that came from other boys really got in the way of my ability to lay down tracks and grow roots - so to speak.

    For a time, I thought I could go low profile but that didn't help. Nothing like having people lie about you. Don't they know that's a sin!?

    When FAT middle aged men working for the State of California do it, it elevates everything to the level of FELONIES committed by John Bohannon, Matt Miller (not fat and middle aged, but an ugly f*ck), Roderick Baca and John Nelson - who by the way, the city of Los Angeles and the state of California are protecting and enabling - racketeering and blackmail - on behalf of the state of California and the city of Los Angeles.

    Okay, I've gone a little off topic. See, I realize the only reason this thread was started was to talk about myself, no really - just wanted to cover part of the triad.
    VoyagerFilms
  • I think bad boys are only bad boys because they havent found the right girl, to straighten them out.

    but yess. most woman are attracted to bad boys.
    not jerks..
    hotpinkcoolio
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  • The difference isn't Bad guys vs Nice guys. The difference is Weak guys vs. Strong guys.
    SkylerSinclair
  • what is the definition of a bad boy aucutally? i hate sterotyping by lets be real here...a real "bad" boy is probably someone who has maybe shot or stabbed a few and inflicts fear and pain in people.
    the definition of a "bad boy" we have here is probably some jelly haired orange skinned trash talking man whore. if thats what females seem to be attracted to then...wow...women havent come very far I guess.
    themachine09
  • Just because I make girls do my laundry and dishes after we do it, doesn't make me a bad boy ...

    neither does the fact I end up doing their best friend, mom or sister ...

    they need good loving too !!!!

    I mean, girls are just objects anyway !! Do they even have souls ????
    TheCocoon
  • Did anyone who posted read the article? The defination of "Bad Boy" was pretty clearly given.

    "The traits are the self-obsession of narcissism; the impulsive, thrill-seeking and callous behaviour of psychopaths; and the deceitful and exploitative nature of Machiavellianism."

    There, debate over.
    TheILLest

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