Howdy Gents,

I recently stumbled up this treasure trove of research on human behavior: http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage ... ations.htm
It is maintained by the author of this book: http://tinyurl.com/kdm33rw

I've been going through it to find stuff that might be useful for pu/relationship, etc.

Most of the papers involve giving structured questionnaires and/or observing behavior. For the most part, the papers don't really tell you just how effective a tactic is, but they attempt to rank/compare tactics.

I went through some of the papers and pulled out some interesting information, which you can see in the chicken scratches below:

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Most effective acts for men to perform to get sex (with ranking scores):
From Greer, A., & Buss, D. M. (1994). Tactics for promoting sexual encounters. The Journal of Sex Research, 5, 185-201.
verbalize desire for sexual contact 4.98
imply commitment 4.78
directly request sex 4.78
increase sexual contact 4.64
indicate sexual attractiveness of target 4.63
act nice 4.6
treat to a romantic dinner 4.5
increase attention 4.5
go to private or secluded area 4.48
get target drunk 4.45

Of note is the fact that women reported that a man saying he loves a woman is an extremely effective tactic for getting her to sleep with him, but statistical tests determined that this was not a reliable finding.

Most effective acts appear dominant to women (these scores were based on different personality tests, not different genders)
From Buss, D. M. (1981). Sex differences in the evaluation and performance of dominant acts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 40, 147-154.
i talked a great deal at the meeting 67 53
i took charge of things at the committee meeting 57 50
i took the lead in livening up a dull party 50 32
i issued orders that got the group organized 43 36
i took the lead in organizing a project 43 43
i settled a dispute among the members of the group 39 35
i refused to have sexual relations with my partner 39 24
i persuaded others to accept my opinion on the issue 37 33
i was highly involved in a political campaign 36 30
i told a long story to entertain others 36 26
i took command of the situation after the accident 35 19
i addressed a public gathering 33 37
i challenged someone to discuss her position 30 42
i took the initiative in a sexual encounter 30 34
i introduced the speaker at the meeting 32 42
i chose to sit at the head of the table 35 21
i initiated a conversation with a stranger 34 26
i made a bold sexual advance 30 32

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I wrote some letters based on the highly sexually attractive stuff, without actually asking the girl to come over to my place, and used them to initiate contact with several individuals on POF. My usual response rate on there is something like 1/3; the probability of a response rate of 1/3 giving 0 replies on 5 trials is about 1/8... it's not exactly conclusive at this point but it's not looking good for the sexual stuff. I'm thinking about giving the dominance stuff a try.

I'm guessing this post isn't going to get much attention in the relationships forum. You should repost this in general. This post is against the subforum rules (3. Any other posts not related to your current girlfriend will result in a ban.).

-Wolf

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Screening: drama-free-relationships-1-screening-vt124827.html
Bad Behavior: drama-free-relationships-3-the-soft-next-vt125554.html

I see your point Wolf, and I agree that this could be a topic for general pickup, but when I look at the list and information provided, I think this is a script for how to get your girlfriend to sleep with you when the sex life is dull, mundane, or sex isn't happening as frequently as you'd like.

Why? Because if you tell a woman you love her and it's the second date and your running heavy game, you can probably kiss her goodbye. However, if you're in a relationship, the response can be a lot different.

When I read the list of actions, they seem to me like if you actually did this while running game, you come off as trying to qualify yourself to a target, and potentially turn off the target.

However, in a relationship, much of this is basically just being the man in your relationship. Telling you gf/wife you want to fuck her, she looks good, foreplay, etc. Much of the dominant stuff is sharing your day with your woman. I.E. How did the meeting go? Giving a real answer instead of Ahh it was fine.....while turning on the tube.