The Red Queen discussion thread

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The Red Queen was cited in one of the PUA threads. I read it recently and thought is was very interesting. Something I learned and general ideas of the book:

Men and women have different minds because they have different evolutionary histories.

Men are naturally polygamous, but it is not their nature to have multiple wives. Even Kings who had thousands of women at their disposal still had a 'first wife'.

Youth and beauty are the most important things that a male seeks in a women, while wealth and status are the most important things that a women seeks in a male.

Women are monogamous, however if they feel that their husband is a loser, they will cheat on him.

A large percent of men are raising children that they believe to be there own, but are another males.

Men from the lower income brackets are more likely to be raising a child fathered by a man from the higher income brackets then it being the other way around.

Homosexual porn does not make women horny.

Orgy porn makes women less horny than a single male and female.

There was an African tribe that sold all of its ugly women into slavery.

Women risk more by having sex then men, thus they are more selective. Men take a role raising children, thus they are also selective.

Male animals who do not take a role in raising the child find older females just as attractive as younger females.

Men are better at math. Women are better at social interaction.

Mens and women's magazines are both more likely to have a women on the cover.

Female sexual fantasies are passive, intimate, emotive and contextual. Male sexual fantasies are more frequent, visual, sexual, and promiscuous.

Women overwhelmingly fantasized about sex with a familiar partner.

A polygamous is society is worse for the majority of men than it is for the majority of women. A rich man can still offer more to a second wife than a poor man can to a first wive. In history, rich men horded all of the women forcing other men into celibacy, ending their gene line.

Males and females were hunters and gathers. This meant that luck played a large role in survival. It also meant that men had to work together to survive, thus men were more likely to be monogamous. The introduction of agriculture reduced the luck factor, and it made it unnecessary for men to work together.

Wars are not fought over resources, they are fought over women. Helen comes to mind.

Women are more likely to cheat on their husband when they are fertile.

If a man has been away from his wife all day, his body creates more sperm than if he had been with her all day.

Feminists and other groups do not want to admit that men and women have different minds.

Women are less competitive than men, and are thus disadvantaged in a mixed-sex schooling system and their work place.

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I just bought The Orgins of Virtue by the same author and I am very excited. What about books do you recommend? I am most interested in learning how men and women think.