Sex, Investments & Why Women Are More Picky than Men

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I was having a talk earlier with my girl in regards to why women seem to be far pickier than men when it comes to selecting partners. I am not much of a clickbait author so here is the short answer: Aside from major trauma or disability, carrying another human being inside your body is by far the most costly experience a human being can endure. It can transform one's life in a terrible way, heck, even kill you. In contrast, spraying sperm around is cheap and risk free.

No society hasn't changed, our values have not degraded and we are not all going to fry in the fiery pits of hell. The stereotype that has women going after the money holds a very solid ground. The male has to be able to provide while the female is constructing a new human being. He also has to be emotionally stable to stick around after the baby is born.

More or less, he owes to have the whole package in order for the prospective human to have the best chances to make it in a competitive environment. A woman has to wisely chose the husband material and this is harder than one might think. Hormones almost always defy logic.

Nature though, like always, has created a backup plan. Since gene propagation cannot always be ensured by the choices of the female, the male is tuned to hump pretty much anything with a pulse. Much like a stock portfolio, diversification is crucial for success. Entropy is a bitch and can shift the odds in unforeseen ways.

Nature has all too often the answers in front of us but most of the time they are inconvenient for most people to accept. We are all pretty much in denial. We have created institutions of marriage and issued "social contracts" in regards to how one should behave yet most marriages end up in divorce and most partners cheat (or dream about cheating). We all like to believe that we hold "higher" values yet most of the internet is consisted of porn and we all find ourselves unexpectedly rubbing one off. Fucking is at the center of it all and yet we like to hold higher esteem in regards to our purpose and relationship with the opposite sex.

Men like to believe that they see more in a woman other than looks. Yet, most men (regardless of age) prefer 22 year olds. Women on the other hand prefer men around their own age. Clearly males should search for the most fertile and promising sperm bank to deposit their seed while females should care more about connection with the partner for the longterm.

One could say that men are for the short-term satisfaction while women invest in the long-term. This is also the main reason why most short-term traders are men and almost always have more loses while women tend to outperform them it the long run.

At the end of the day is all about economics. Nature is pretty much the stock exchange where the sexes come to play their cards. Both males and females have to play a completely different game in order for the species to reduce risk and diversify as much as possible.

Here is my advice. For women, pick your stocks like you pick your men and you are guaranteed to have a profit in the long run. For men, well, never underestimate a loaded gun. Next time you decide to go balls on the wall with a margin call, jerk off first and then decide if you are up to it.