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[–] [email protected] 397 points 1 month ago (21 children)

For anyone legitimately confused, there's potentially two different things going on here:

There is a very small chance that she is now more attracted to him, since he's been "screened" by someone else as an acceptable boyfriend.

What's infinitely more likely is that now she's more comfortable interacting with him because she feels he's not as likely to take friendly interaction as anything more, now that he has a girlfriend.

[–] ABasilPlant 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Mate choice copying has been found in a wide variety of different species, including (but not limited to): […] and humans.[10]

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