Sexual market value (SMV) is crucial to dating and attraction.
At The Power Moves, we specialize in actionable strategies to gain status, respect, and attraction.
And in this guide you’ll learn the top hacks to improve your attractiveness and thrive in the dating market.
Contents
1. Go Where Women Outnumber Men
The gender ratio applies to all levels: work, clubs, and cities you move to.
For example:
- Work
- Fashion industry <— Gay population bonus
- Graphic designer
- Cities
- New York <— Gay population bonus
- Berlin <— Gay population bonus
- Philadelphia
- Countries
- SE Asia <— Trans population bonus
- Eastern Europe
- Shocks that reduced the man’s population (e.g., wars, migrations).
And de-prioritize tech-heavy cities, large military bases, etc.
🧮 Consider gay & transexual excluded from official statistics
Gay cities underestimate the gender gap and are often libertine and hookup-friendly—perfect for party lovers.
Places with a large transgender population further skew the local dynamics because they resemble women.
Rationale
The gender ratio boost is underappreciated, powerful, and fast (Birger, 2015).
Self-development is upward mobility and takes time.
Moving is lateral mobility, and easier.
When women outnumber men dating gets easier for both short term and long-term:
- Hookups increase as women have less power to demand resources and commitment
- Men short-term dating strategies (lover strategy) rather than ones based on monogamous continued investment
- Cheating increases in monogamous relationships increases
2. Go Where You’re Most Prized
Or where you’re less disadvantaged.
2. Race Impact on SMV
- White men: Africa & SE Asia where they prize white skin
- Asian men: where your culture is popular
- Black men in Northern Europe may fare comparatively better
The chart suggests that:
- Men’s white skin still provides an advantage
- Asian women date better, potentially because of the association with submissiveness
- People still prefer the same ethnical background
In general, race is a ‘superficial layer’ that in any social exchange matters most before getting to know people.
After that, personal qualities come to the fore.
That being said, unfortunately, it still matters.
I suspect that race matters more for women than for men because men are judged on more traits, and race gets “diluted” more.
Black skin can polarize opinions, but that can work in your favor.
Meanwhile, Asian men may have seen rising appeal thanks to the global popularity of K-pop and Japanese manga culture.
👉🏼 Go Where You’re Positively Unique
Principle:
Your advantage grows as the number of similar alternatives decreases.
For example, being white in SE Asia cities is advantageous —but in a smaller town, you’re a VIP.
🙋♂️Lucio’s Take: VIP-ing around the globe
Lucio:
Indonesian town women asked me for pictures. Groups of young girls also walked to me.
When I left a Meetup group a girl -virgin- offered to join me.
In Africa women that my friend rated as attractive complained when I didn’t meet them.
And a cute girl on a Vietnam bus offered my friend her phone number.
Leveraging the preselection 💪🏼
Psychology research shows that women look at what other women like to discern what’s attractive.
I used that with even more attractive women:
Minority Advantage
Just being in the minority sometimes is an advantage.
Women are curious, and minorities can be polarizing, which is also good.
Women who dislike local men also seek foreigners <— ⚠️ Includes women with negative experiences, or with low local value, so shields up
Higher Status
Different cultures are ‘dominant’ in different niches.
For example, an Italian background would boost me in international clothing, luxury, arts, or wine industries.
Most Western men moving to poorer countries automatically get a boost (partially because of a higher status frame).
🙋♂️Lucio’s Take: Status power moves for power & bonding
Lucio:
Light-hearted power moves can increase both status and attractiveness, and bond.
For example, visiting an art and history museum with a local Korean, I joked at how recent their ‘oldest’ manuscripts were and how simple the artwork was.
The comparison was that ‘my’ background/civilization was much older and advanced -and hence ‘better’-.
Avoid The ‘Lower-Status Immigrant’ Stigma
Immigrants are preframed as lower-status ‘financial migrants’.
Plus, there may be stigmas.
Act opposite to the stereotypes:
- Dress better
- Remove thick accents
- Align with the host-country culture
- Be more ‘open-minded’ if from conservative countries
- Date within the foreign community
Physically
Gym types may fare better on beaches and open-air parties.
Metrosexuals stick to large cities.
👉🏼 Nice Guys Move To Safe Places
Albeit evidence is mixed, some research shows that women’s preference for masculinity and strength increases with environmental hazards.
Nobody gains with unsafe places, but thin, feminine-looking men and ‘nice guys’ may be especially penalized.
Move to places where male competition and female selection rely less on dominance and aggression and more on smarts and good jobs.
👉🏼 I bet he wouldn’t be as popular in a place ravaged by gang warfare
3. Strategize For Your Goals
Humans have a vast array of sexual behaviors they can select from (Buss, 2016).
And both personality, background, and culture influence their behavior and preferences.
Short-term & Quantity
- Libertine countries
- Big cities
- Bars & clubs
Long-term & Commitment
- Conservatives environments
- Church
- Religious countries
- Towns
Making First Experiences
- Countries where dating is easier for you.
4. Strategize For Your Strengths
For example:
- Good skills but no looks 🟰 social circle / cold approach
- Good looks 🟰 upscale venues
- Introverted 🟰 cold approach / targeted socialization
- Extroverted 🟰 house parties / bars
Target Women Who Value You
Some traits may make you higher value to specific women.
🔎 Examples:
- An Italian player met women by Italian language schools (he got their schedules)
- Middle Eastern guy attends pro-Palestinian rallies to meet sympathetic women
- 🙋🏼♂️ Well-dressed guy (me) meets women in fashion streets
5. Use Your Money (Wisely)
Money matters more for long-term and committed relationships.
⚠️ Money Making Up For Looks
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Look for:
- Conservative women
- Family-oriented
- Security-looking women
- Long-term oriented women
- ⚠️ Low-status women <— ♟️ Ensure you’re more than just a social climbing tool
- ⚠️ Luxury lovers <— ♟️ Ensure you lead & control your spending
Except for luxury lovers, they’re often in conservative, poorer, and smaller towns.
Money & Geography
As The Oxford Handbook suggests, poorer countries’ culture places a premium on wealth.
And as Sacco summarizes in The Cambridge Handbook on Sexual Psychology, there may be a tradeoff. Such as, higher status women prefer indicators of genetic quality, while poorer women prefer high status men.
In brief: a Westerner’s average income takes him much farther in poorer countries.
🙋♂️Lucio’s Take: provide for a partner, not extended families
Lucio:
I saw families in developing countries bringing their attractive daughters to upscale malls looking for wealthy-looking foreigners.
It was interesting, and a bit sad.
⚠️ Ensure you remain in charge.
Meet her 1:1, ber careful if her family is involved, or negotiate a convenient arrangement. Lead the exchange, and ensure it’s you and her first. Don’t let the family dictate.
Money For Effective Dating
- Create experiences with your dating, lead her into a world of possibilities to mix the best of both worlds
- Get a VIP table and send others to invite girls for you
Money For Family-Formation
One can:
- Have family in a poorer country with a family-oriented woman
- Co-parent in a poorer country
- Pay a surrogate mother to have children
Careful With ‘Build It & Women Will Come’
Money complements skills.
Avoid using it to make up for personal qualities and personal development or you will only attract superficial women.
In general, chasing money to ‘date well once rich’ is a poor strategy for many Westerners, trading the certitude of their present best years for future uncertain results.
Avoid the ‘hustle approach’ in well-off countries
As Godhsee argues, socialist policies empower women financially and decrease the need for both wealth, and a male provider.
Principle:
The more distributed wealth, the less money matters
🟰 De-prioritize money to date in wealthy countries
Northern Europe, wealthy and redistributive, is the worst for the ‘hustle strategy’.
6. Find Your Niche
Observe what most men pursue -and whether they’re successful-.
Chances are that popular niches are overcrowded.
For example, most men still go for the provider role. So the ‘dinner at an OK restaurant and sell your dependability’ may be over-supplied.
Fit Your Favorite Underrepresented Niche
Best mix:
- You like the niche
- The niche is under-supplied
- You like the girls who like your niche of choice
🙋♂️Lucio’s Take: Here’s the ‘beta’ who out-slept the alphas
Lucio:
Most ambitious men went for ‘alpha’ group status, muscles, flashy cars, dominance, and embracing conservative ideologies.
Meanwhile, the guy they’d call a ‘beta‘—short, scrawny, carless, and warm to women on first approach—was out-dating them all.
My stylish player niche, vibing and understanding women with a solid base of power skills was a ‘blue ocean’ of opportunity.
Remember: strategy beats dominance.
For some inspiration see:
7. Time Your Dating
Some authors shared a sexual market value chart plotting age and gender:
Although the char above gained early popularity, it’s now getting clear that it lacks nuances and can be misleading.
For example, it may be true for some men to ‘peak’ at around 36. But that ‘peak’ doesn’t directly translate to ‘peak dating options’ for women at their (supposed) peak.
Instead, proximity (e.g., college, work, or social circles), similarity of interest, and Western modern culture generally mean that sub-25 women date men in their 20’s.
Luckily, you don’t exactly need a sub-25.
But to maximize your dating, it’s best not to wait around hoping you’ll become an Adonis in your mid-30’s :).
Hence, to maximize age for most men:
- Teens: whatever happened happened :)
- College: party & hookups -be safe! Always use protection-
- 20’s: date around, learn through quantity
- Early 30’s: increase standards
- Mid 30’s: look for a quality woman (if you wish to settle down)
We share specific examples and techniques in our dating program.
8. Boost Your Preselection
Attraction is socially influenced.
Some tips:
- Curate online profiles, including attractive women
- Befriend attractive women and go out with them
- Show pictures with attractive women that are relevant to a story/experience
- Share stories involving:
- Exes
- Suitors
- Gay men making a move
Rationale
Attraction is not simply what she likes but, in large part, also what other women seem to like.
Why?
First of all, it’s a shortcut and the brain loves shortcuts.
Second, from a genetic point of view, she prefers offspring that can easily find a mate to procreate.
And what many other women like trumps what one woman prefers -even if that one woman is her-.
This means that attraction is not highly objective but, in part, it’s also a social construct. And that’s why female attraction is social and influenced by what other people (especially women) like.
But since she can only judge what she sees, the same guy could a catch one night if he’s flirting with two attractive woman, or a nobody if he’s sitting alone.
9. Date The Right Women
For short-term, you’re free to go after ‘unrestricted women’.
But for long term:
First-Mover Advantage
Some women never dated around and they can make for perfect girlfriend materials.
For example:
- First visiting the big city, you’ll find them sightseeing and shopping, looking lost and wonderous
- Dating apps in travel mode, swiping in small towns
- Day game, demure and conservatively dressed
- Working behind the counter, in low-visibility jobs
Go For Hidden Gems
Most men go for the showiest women.
Examples:
Dressed in miniskirts, went out alone, and sought followers with ‘thirst traps’.
She was often approached.
But:
Author’s life example for alumni’s
Dressed well but conservatively, only partied with boyfriends, kept a low profile in life and social media -panorama pictures, private profiles, and no ‘sexy poses’.
She had never been approached.
Wish I could show you the picture, but to my taste, the second was also far more attractive.
Ignore the flash, and focus on attractive women with understated styles.
10. Keep Going: It’s a Numbers Game
You heard them:
Women want 6 feet, women want money, women want status, women want confidence, and bla bla bla.
And they’re all true.
But still, the only hard rule in dating is that every rule has exceptions and exceptional men break them.
Take height, one of the most universal women’s preferences.
I had taller women approaching me -or calling me in tears to get back-.
And the best way to break rules is to work on yourself, and put the law of the large number working for you.
And getting Power University will also likely help you :).
For more on exceptions, see:
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