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Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 8, 2026

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But if you gave those same men a choice between a button that would make them an extremely attractive female, or a button that would definitely make them a sexually irresistible male (whatever that ultimately means!), I think a larger number might choose to remain male.

Here's an even harder choice:

  • button A turns you into a perfect man as defined by the average revealed preferences of het women
  • button B turns you into a perfect man as defined by the average stated preferences of het men

Here's the hardest choice, but it's for women:

  • button C turns you into a perfect woman as defined by the average revealed preferences of het men
  • button D turns you into a perfect woman as defined by the average stated preferences of het women

I feel like the male attractiveness button has a bunch of non-physical aspects like earnings and social cachet that can't really be transmitted the same way.

From what I've read, women's revealed preferences are actually shallower than they say.

Isn’t part of the point of the hypothetical that it makes you rich and not just 6’2?

What do you believe the differences are?

Well, for C vs D I think C will be much less agentic than D. Maybe a loyal big-tiddy horny catgirl maid (stated preferences) is far enough from the real preferences of men that it's the wrong image to have in mind (maybe men actually want some BPD or bipolarity in their mates, not absolute level-headed loyalty), but I still think it's directionally correct.

For A vs B, it's a bit more interesting. B is a gigachad: muscle-bound, based, confident, hung, never anxious, never shy. A would be less muscular (but still visibly fit) and having more Dark Triad traits.

What do you believe the differences are?

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