One of the most robust sets of data (because it has so fascinated us human beings) is our partner seeking. Which always has the same pattern, females seek a male with personal qualities and resources that make them a good prospect as a provider and protector and males seek a healthy fertile female. The good news for males it that overall your appearance or more personal qualities can easily be outweighed by your actual or potential command of resources while for women that healthy "beauty" and youth are all you really need. As is often observed the downside is that ageing is to be dreaded for women (hence the truly vast beauty industries) and poverty (absolute or relative) puts you in "creep" territory. One of the most telling of the high scoring qualities of men for women is "makes me feel safe" (safe in the broadest sense) which rarely get even a mention from men. In mental health one of the frequent issues for partners of men with depression and other diagnoses, is that the illness makes them feel "unsafe" , not in the sense they may be attacked but because the illness compromises the material security of them and the family unit (again its that reality that men are to provide the money through work). Again male partners of females with such illnesses do not report this because presumably they don't expect their partner to provide such safety.
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