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Another point that may be related: I think women would be surprised how invisible they would feel as a dude. We maybe get ~5 compliments from different women in our entire *lifetime* and each one is genuinely shocking. Women don’t realize how impactful that can be to a guy, even when it seems so trivial. I always wondered how things like this might impact the differences in our subjective experiences.
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An Capone 🌗 2y ago

I'd suggest, that that is a nice manifestation of the exposure bias.

On the few occasions men do get compliments, the end result often is sex or at the very least increased sexual tension.

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An Capone 🌗 2y ago

It's the other way around. Men usually don't get compliments and when they do it's often in a situation where sexual tension is already abnormally high, or the intention is to increase it.

The other, arguably more prevalent alternative is, that a request for a favor will follow shortly after the compliment.