[hartror]

What!?

You can be thoughtful and accommodating without being a doormat which is what you appear to be alluding to.

Breaking this down to an evolutionary biology standpoint, what advantage would that sort of psychology provide the woman? It has the opposite effect on the intended outcomes, that of security and stability from which to raise offspring.

The whole treat em mean, keep them keen mentality might work in the short term and get you laid but a happy productive relationship it will not build. Eventually the woman is going to go elsewhere to obtain the security and stability a healthy relationship provides.

[yummyfajitas]

...what advantage would that sort of psychology provide the woman?

It leads her to believe your genetic material is of a higher quality than she could normally gain access to.

Eventually the woman is going to go elsewhere to obtain the security and stability a healthy relationship provides.

Sometimes. But that's a better outcome than if she stays with you and goes elsewhere for higher quality genetic material, which is far more common than most people believe.