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Men’s ambivalent attraction to high status women

Research conducted by members of the SWELL lab concerning men’s ambivalent romantic reactions to high status women garnered some media attention recently, including a post on Dr. Karen Wu’s blog the Modern Heart and a very popular post on Reddit’s r/science group! (More than 25k upvotes!)

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