There's divided opinion on looks versus game, but this is how I see it.
For the purposes of this scenario, assume the prettyboy and the thug are of equal height.
Thug is shorthand for any ugly, aggressive man.
For women, a prettyboy increases the likelihood of a pretty daughter or a pretty son.
A pretty son can play the same game his father did, and a pretty daughter is guaranteed to pass on her genes.
It's a sure thing, a conservative evolutionary tactic. Daughter-centric.
A thug, though, is a gamble. He increases the likelihood of a manjawed amazon daughter or an alpha son.
A manfaced daughter is a disaster, but an alpha son is a high stakes gamble.
He might get killed following his father's footsteps, or he might grow up to be Genghis Khan.
It's a risk-taking evolutionary tactic. Son-centric.
A 5 is not popular. She's already on the fringes. The safest bet is the cute boy, who can piggyback her genes into the future on his.
A 10 is not worried about an ugly daughter, and is likely to produce a pretty son regardless of the father. She leans towards the thug, who can only add opportunity into the mix, a chance for a pretty alpha son who could always find a woman even if he loses the struggle for power (and survives, of course.)
For the purposes of this scenario, assume the prettyboy and the thug are of equal height.
Thug is shorthand for any ugly, aggressive man.
For women, a prettyboy increases the likelihood of a pretty daughter or a pretty son.
A pretty son can play the same game his father did, and a pretty daughter is guaranteed to pass on her genes.
It's a sure thing, a conservative evolutionary tactic. Daughter-centric.
A thug, though, is a gamble. He increases the likelihood of a manjawed amazon daughter or an alpha son.
A manfaced daughter is a disaster, but an alpha son is a high stakes gamble.
He might get killed following his father's footsteps, or he might grow up to be Genghis Khan.
It's a risk-taking evolutionary tactic. Son-centric.
A 5 is not popular. She's already on the fringes. The safest bet is the cute boy, who can piggyback her genes into the future on his.
A 10 is not worried about an ugly daughter, and is likely to produce a pretty son regardless of the father. She leans towards the thug, who can only add opportunity into the mix, a chance for a pretty alpha son who could always find a woman even if he loses the struggle for power (and survives, of course.)