The New Science Of Female Attraction - Psychology Roundtable - #1133
episodePreviously titled “The Biggest Myths About Dating (debunked) - Psychology Roundtable - #1133” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 8, 2026
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What merch is being promoted at the beginning of the episode?
I'm starting in OnlyFans and I'm selling merch. This has taken way too long and I'm very sorry, but it is so worth it. The designs are unreal. We've upgraded the blanks so they're even better quality than last time. And this bursting heart design with Japanese text in the middle is just so beautiful. Also, your girlfriend's new favorite hoodie. I apologize to anybody who buys this because... I get the sense that your girlfriend's just going to steal it. All of it is available right now at MWMerch.com and it's only available for six days. So get it. Once it's gone, you won't be able to buy it again. That's it. Completely sold out. Never to be printed in the future. MWMerch.com. Have you seen the type of dancing which is scientifically most attractive to women?
I've not seen this.
According to a study at Northumbria University, the dancers found this one. This is the dance that women found most attractive. This is a man dance song.
Hmm, okay.
According to a study by Northumbria University, the dancers women found most attractive were ones who moved their head, neck, and torso the most, while also mixing up their moves creatively and showing more variation in rhythm. To test this, researchers used motion capture technology on 30 male dancers, turned their movements into computer avatars, and the best dancers were the ones who used their whole body naturally instead of awkwardly repeating the same arm and leg movements.
Looks like they're dancing to me.
Yeah. Well, Asian people have got natural rhythm, Rob. So I imagine that's how you dance.
What I was noticing is he's keeping his elbows close to the body. So it looks like he might be a trained boxer. Which could be you as well.
Actually, I know the guy who did this study. Funnily enough, I was just at HBS with him. He's my friend Ismail. And one thing that he was actually talking about was that the dance is quite feminine.
Which type of dance moves are shown to be most attractive to women?
And this mirrors something that you sometimes see in facial attractiveness research, where the initial assumption is like, oh, masculinity is just going to be amazing, as much masculinity as possible. But then in some areas with some traits, femininity is favored. And I think it seems like dancing- Dancing, femininity would be favored. Well, what would a masculine- That's the question. Throwing yourself around in a mosh pit. Is that particularly sexy? Shadowboxing.
Shadowboxing. Shadowboxing. Shadowboxing. Yeah. There's two things that British guys do that I think must give women the ick more than anything else. One is shadowboxing on the way to a night out. And the other one is football chants in the queue of a nightclub. Hmm. Like doing football chants as you walk down the street, I think is just the most vaginally repulsive thing that you can do. But second only to shadow boxing.
Why shadow boxing? What is it about shadow boxing that would give them the... Well, it's this... I share that intuition, but what is it about?
What I think is it's guys posturing how hard they are. Look at how formidable and aggressive I would be if only it wasn't air that I was fighting.
There's no opponents.
Yeah. I think that it ruins the positive illusion that they actually could win a fight. It's their shadow boxing. They're even losing their shadow boxing fight. Yeah, exactly.
They're like this. How many punches do you have to throw at this invisible person? Does Lux maxing give women the ick? I think it does. I'd be curious to hear Macken's thoughts, Steve's as well, on this, which is the clavicular, the look-smaxing influencer. He became very popular through propagating this idea of look-smaxing, bone-smashing, optimizing. He told the New York Times that he is now sterile because he's injected himself with so many chemicals. Presumably, he thinks it's worth it, though. I recently wrote a piece suggesting that this gives women the ick and that people mistakenly think that Clavicula is attracting women because he revamped his physical appearance. I actually think that most of that attention he's receiving from women is due to the fame.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What merch is being promoted at the beginning of the episode?
0:00–1:51
2
Which type of dance moves are shown to be most attractive to women?
1:51–9:25
3
Why does shadowboxing give women the ‘ick’ and what does it signal?
9:25–18:10
4
How do resource scarcity and wealth influence mate preferences in modern dating?
18:10–1:03:34
5
What are revealed preferences and how do they differ from stated preferences in dating?
1:03:34–1:11:01
6
How does the Keeper AI “marry‑down” data illustrate gender differences in partner preferences?
1:11:01–1:17:04
7
Why are men increasingly focusing on gym‑based beautification and how does it affect attractiveness?
1:17:04–1:40:48
8
Why does women’s sexual desire tend to decline faster than men’s in long‑term relationships?
1:40:48–2:06:33
Speakers
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