I was thinking about why females would be wired to have this attraction, because it doesn’t appear to be beneficial, but yes it must be a “strong protector” thing. The bad boy has confidence, probably a surplus of testosterone, and likely to be possessive(protective.) Kind of like the male being wired to attraction for certain female attributes that scientist say send signals of fertility. The funny thing is, I don’t see a basis for it. Plenty of females that fall out of the “perfect female form (waist-hip-ratio-glowing skin etc.) have many perfectly healthy children. As for the stripper thing, must be attraction to the “easy woman” as men do supposedly have primal need to spread their seed all over the place.
I think it is the “strong protector” thing, but twisted, or made toxic...because that is the ONLY attribute that is seen to be important (though they are unaware of their compulsion to follow such inner dictates).
It’s obvious that thugs and strippers are not “safe” long-term relationship investments - not good bets for faithful mates. You and I and others see this scenario play out with nauseating frequency, do we not?
Yet it still repeats itself, because people are easily mastered by their whims, desires, lusts, and drives.