Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Simplifying Sexual Dynamics

Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend of mine (LB) who was having some girl troubles. A certain girl had been perplexing him and he was having trouble figuring out how she really perceived things. This, of course, was unsurprising to me, since I know that women are rarely ever direct or perfectly forthcoming about their emotions, especially concerning romantic possibilities. LB was trying to make sense of what had transpired and was very confused about the whole ordeal. Like most women, both her actions and her words conveyed a broad array of mixed signals. He recounted for me specific things that she had done and said and then tried to offer his interpretations of what she meant. Soon, he describing his attempts to figure out whether she was just sexually attracted to him, or whether she just liked him as a friend, or whether she wanted a relationship with him, or whether she was confused and flip-flopping constantly--it sounded like a complicated jumble!

I used to having troubles reading women and figuring out how to determine their perspectives and intentions. But, once you understand one simple fact, it all becomes quite simple. I told LB, "You're overthinking things. It's much simpler than all that." Fundamentally, there is only one thing you have to determine to know where you stand with a girl. Most women quickly and subconsciously assess the sexual value and relationship value of a guy upon meeting him. Generally, within the first 30 seconds to five minutes, she puts a guy in one of two categories:

Category 1 - Alpha - He is an attractive guy

Category 2 - Beta - He is not an attractive guy

When you're an alpha, a woman will do just about anything for you. You are in control of the relationship and can take things in whatever direction you want. You want to date her? You got it. You want to marry her? Piece of cake. You want to sleep with her and leave her? No problem. You aren't interested in her and just want to be friends? She's up for it. Want to bring her along for social proof or to buy you drinks? No sweat. While the pacing might be somewhat different, depending on the sort of girl, as long as you are an alpha, the ball is completely in your court and she's happy to follow your lead.

When you're a beta, the girl is in control of the interactions. She is in control of the relationship and will allow exactly what she wants to happen, but nothing more. Generally this results in either no contact or the dreaded "friend-zone." With some girls, particularly ones who are more promiscuous, they may even have no qualms about kissing you or sleeping with you, but that still doesn't change the sexual dynamic. In other cases, they may string you along and get you to buy them drinks, dinner and gifts, while knowing that nothing with ever materialize from it.

Now, while it is possible to change categories, the main directional flow is downward. There are things that an alpha can do to diminish his attractiveness in a woman's eyes. Enough of this sort of behavior and he will eventually become a beta, in her eyes. It is also theoretically possible for a beta to be viewed as an alpha, but such a thing is rare enough that it is very nearly a miracle. Fundamentally, whatever category you are first placed in is the one you remain in for the duration of the relationship. Understanding and interpreting sexual dynamics is as simple as figuring out which category you are in. You can understand the entire drift of a relationship by simply figuring out whether a girl perceives a guy as an alpha or as a beta. There doesn't need to be a lot of analysis and thinking about the whole thing. Either attraction is there or it isn't. It's as simple as that.

In the case of LB, he was confused because the girl said that she wasn't interested in a relationship with him, and yet she offered to sleep with him. Such mixed signals are extremely confusing for anyone who doesn't understand the simple principle of female attraction--but it all becomes quite clear when you understand sexual dynamics. I told him that even though she had no qualms about making out with him or sleeping with him, she viewed him merely as a category 2 guy, and therefore no lasting relationship would be possible. A day later, after LB had talked with the girl, he called me up and told me that I had been right. The only reason she had offered to sleep with him was out of pity. It would have been a pity fuck. Sexual dynamics are always simpler than they seem. Social awareness and an understanding of what attracts men and women is a vital and indispensible ally in successfully navigating the dating world. It's a simple thing, but there's a bit of a learning curve.

8 comments:

  1. I think it's important for men to recognize how easy it is to slip from alpha to beta after getting married. Too many men get complacent and allow the dynamic of the relationship to change too much.

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  2. Pretty much accurate.

    We used to refer to this as the ladder theory. That is, when assessing the merits of the opposite sex for relationships/sex, men have one ladder and women have two ladders. That is, men rank all women on one ladder, whereas women put men onto ladder A or ladder B, the latter being the dreaded "friendzone". If you're on ladder B, it takes a miracle to get to Ladder A, but you still may get pity sex or something like that depending on the woman.

    So many men waste so much time trying to get off Ladder B, and then getting frustrated when it doesn't work. Instead men should realize that they have been placed on Ladder B and move on to the next woman. The likelihood of ever moving off of a given woman's Ladder B is so small that it is a waste of energy to worry about it much once you've been placed there.

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  3. "Fundamentally, there is only one thing you have to determine to know where you stand with a girl. Most women quickly and subconsciously assess the sexual value and relationship value of a guy upon meeting him...When you're an alpha, a woman will do just about anything for you. You are in control of the relationship and can take things in whatever direction you want...When you're a beta, the girl is in control of the interactions. She is in control of the relationship and will allow exactly what she wants to happen, but nothing more."

    You're applying black and white "male-style" thinking to female psychology, which is much more grey in reality. Women don't "think" in terms of "alphas" and "betas" -- that's just a PUA construct (as a matter of fact, women will often pride themselves on how unstatus-conscious they think they are). Besides, plenty of men manage to get girlfriends even without being an "alpha". Actually, it is more the case that a woman will have relationships with the more accessible "betas", whilst only granting NSA sex to the rarest of alphas on the rarest of occasions. In other words, the "pity fuck" that your friend got is more the exception than the rule -- it's more of a male thing to look at lesser women as "pump & dump" and the more choice ones as "relationship material".

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