The research by Snyder et al revealed several key findings:

When given the choice between dominance and prestige, women demonstrate a clear preference for a high-prestige male over a high-dominance male.

Women prefer low-dominance* males for both long-term and short-term mating, but the preference is stronger when seeking a long-term partner.

Women prefer high prestige partners over low prestige partners, and this preference is also stronger for long-term vs. short-term mating.

Women find dominant behaviors attractive in the context of athletic competition, but penalize them for both short- and long-term mating.

The implications for women are clear:

-Seek men who have earned prestige from their male peers via their abilities and skills.
-Judge a man by the company he keeps, and how much he is genuinely loved and respected by others.
-Avoid men who tend toward aggressive and controlling tactics, except on the playing field.
-Expect men engaging in casual sex rather than relationships to display more dominance, as it is less penalized in a short-term mating context.
-Men with earned prestige have much higher emotional intelligence than men with self-serving, agentic behaviors. Look for depth of emotional expression in the men you date. The emotions need not be focused on you, but a man should feel strong love and loyalty for the things and people he cares about.
-Graduate from college and date five years older!

Stop reading this crap.

What they say they want has nothing to do with what they actually respond to.

You guys dont like matrix literature.... thats ok.