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You are overestimating the role of social skills in attraction and not talking about looks.

People who are good looking experience halo effect where others put a positive spin on everything they are doing. If a guy is good looking, but shy, women will find it cute. If a guy is ugly and shy, he will be seen as a creep.

Some people have done real dating experiments with profiles of good looking men who describe themselves as child rapists. Guess what? These men have no problem getting women, at least from online dating:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxC0OlgY6yI



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