Fighting to Agree

G and I started talking about how men become possibly more attractive and distinguished as they become older, while women seem to have to work harder on their appearance as they change with age. This is an opinion both G and I share—not about everyone, but most. In our discussion, we tried to figure out why nature lets this course of action occur.

I think that men will sleep with anyone and women are much pickier. Therefore, men have to keep looking good naturally, so they will be chosen by a woman. This way, a woman will be more likely to choose an attractive man, even as he grows old. G thinks, in most species the woman are dominant, choosing their mate. Humans have just created a social dynamic where men have been dominant in the past. Therefore, it is up to the woman who she will be with, not the man.

Using different reasoning, we came to the very same conclusion. This happens a lot. We will explain something in two very different ways, but arrive at the same determination. Sometimes we think we are having a disagreement for fifteen minutes before we realize we mean the same exact thing.