Social status is the primary attribute women universally seek in mates because it serves as a reliable cue of male quality and resource provision.

“Overwhelmingly, by the way, the number one universal attribute that women seek is anything that's related to social status.”

High status increases one's value in the sexual marketplace, particularly for men.

“status plays a huge role in this uh in the game of me your value in the what you call the sexual Marketplace has to do with status yes more for men than for women”

Social status is determined by an underlying correlation of social abilities that are passed down through generations.

“I think of it inherently as there's there's just some underlying kind of social abilities that people have. And that that's the thing that's being transmitted that between the generations.”