I read an article about this subject a while back. The gist of it was that while alpha-males go around and impregnate a lot of people, women generally prefer the beta males who actually stick around and take care of children for husbands. So while alphas do get a lot of pussy and thus children, betas sneak their seed in there too.
naturalSelection wrote:
You would think that the genetics for shyness would have disappeared. By now everyone should be super outgoing and over-brimming with self confidence.
Even if there was a "shy gene", you haven't even begun to understand what natural selection is and what it means.
You are forgetting that "alpha male status" also has to do with looks. Symmetric pshycal features ,specially in the face will make you gain alpha male status around girls without saying a word.
And im talking about cientific facts ,if not , look out for the "Mask" scientific proyect that determined that simmetric faces in both sexes where far more sexually attractive in ALL AGES of human history.
Being good looking exudes "aplha manhood" you cant deny that.
Listen , im good looking ,which means simmetric face but shy , and girls in high school or in college now are were and are attracted of my looks ,but they see im not talk to them they get away , all the attractive girls in high school were after me ,until they found out i didnt talk to much and then they turned to the ugly or average looking but obnoxious and rude dudes; The other day i was checking the names of these girls on facebook and I found out that they have as a contacts or friend in their lists those same ugly or average guys they dated in high school while im alone and yes it was cause i didnt talk to them ,but i have the ALPHA MALE factor embebbed im my good looks ,without saying a word , so if i decide to be outgoing and go over everyone in life I can get all those girls that are catched by my looks obviously grils dont like shy person , or people that dont like you , if you are good looking and dont talk too much or dont go out to social gathering you can be alone aldo the alpha male of you pshycal good looks allways gives you a second chance!
naturalSelection wrote:
You would think that the genetics for shyness would have disappeared. By now everyone should be super outgoing and over-brimming with self confidence.
I don't necessarily think this is what women want. Just as their are alpha and beta men, there are also women who desire the alphas AND women who desire the betas. Some women are drawn to overtly powerful men while others get attracted to less superficial features, such as character, intelligence, compassion, etc.
I do find it interesting (and scary in many ways) that many of the movies being made these days for the younger generations portray men as helpless boobs who need strong, smart, sexy, dynamic, yet, submissive women to take care of them. To me, it is a redefinition of what it means to be a man. This goes back a ways where men were often portrayed this way, but, they were less typified as the moronic stereotype they are these days.
In the end, scientific theory is too clean-cut to be accurate. Reality is shyness is a behavioral characteristic, not a genetic trait. And, when you say, "by now", it implies we are far enough along in our march towards eugenic perfection to have genetically eradicated this type of "flaw"? Again, I am not sure the OP even knows that this "theory" is a bad start from the word go.