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I suspect that with respect to status the answer is 1.5: the guy needs to have higher status than the other guys who are available to her.

So the guy is competing with other guys, but her status matters to the extent it makes higher status guys available to her.

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Slow zebras aren't too much of a concern to other zebras. Large numbers of lonely young men on the other hand, can be a large concern to the rest of us.

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