Spending Money and Getting Laid

A recent article in the current issue of Evolutionary Psychology attempted to connect higher male spending with better mating success.

The article titled “Male Financial Consumption is Associated with Higher Mating Intentions and Mating Success” sampled males ages 18-45 and found that the more money a guy spends, the more he gets laid (and the more women he wants to sleep with in the future).

The article discusses some other things and seems to conclude that spending is the modern version of peacock feathers and colors—it shows that a male is strong and fit. Problem is that today, many males are buying things on credit, so they aren’t actually “strong and fit.”

So what does this mean? Are women attracted to men who spend more money or men who display qualities of men who spend lots of money. I’m not sure.

The article did not find a similar connecting with women and spending.

I would like to point out that I think spending money doesn’t get a guy laid. The article just correlates the two. So maybe guys who have the personality of spending lots of money are the ones who try harder to get laid.

Another thing the article found was “Women who completed more years of education had fewer one time sexual partners.” I always thought that the more education a woman had, the more likely she is to have a one-night stand.

Ultimately, the article is mostly useless, but interesting.

Read it here.