Re:Sex and shopping - it's a guy thing
by nopassrecover on Saturday January 02, 2010 @10:07AM
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Well "pretty damn obvious" wasn't so clear. As a concept it sounds nice and clean that we're all motivated by sex but when you (I'm assuming you're male) go and buy a new car, new watch or a trip to Europe, are you really thinking "this will impress the ladies"? Because that's what this study has actually proved for once - conspicuous purchasing decisions are motivated by sex (conversely conspicuous charity for women).
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I guess what is obvious to me is that conspicuous behavior != conscious behavior. No one is really thinking "this will impress the ladies" or "this will impress the guys" when they perform these behaviors, but that's really irrelevant.
Most of human behavior, I would argue, is not conscious. We're conscious of the decisions we make, but not always about the ultimate (evolutionary) causes. And why should we? It's completely unnecessary for the evolutionary reasons for our behavior to be conscious, only that we act in a manner that will produce more copy of our genes.
Re:Sex and shopping - it's a guy thing
by krakensden on Saturday January 02, 2010 @02:54PM
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"Man is not a rational animal, man is a rationalizing animal"
Re:Sex and shopping - it's a guy thing
by adammichaelc on Saturday January 02, 2010 @12:58PM
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Maybe I'm all alone here, but in high school I remember buying a car and thinking exactly "can't wait to show the girls." :)