The following passage is taken from Andy Nowicki's new collection of essays, Ruminations of a Low-Status Male, Volume 1, now available for a low low price from Kindle and in paperback.
Status, after all, is generally
inextricably tied to sex appeal. A high-status male is wanted by women, though
it isn’t always clear which is the cause and which the effect in such a
circumstance. Sometimes his sex appeal boosts his status, and sometimes his
obtainment of status via external means (say, through accumulating wealth) ups
his appeal.
The low-status man attempts to hold onto his pride and not
allow his dignity to be besmirched; yet the corruption of his degradation is
never far from his consciousness. He still finds himself pining for status long
after comprehending the ignobility of this state. And it shadows him
everywhere, never seeming ever to leave him behind, a humiliating reminder of the
shame that surrounds his mind like a malodorous halo of filth.