<Li> Botwin, Buss and Shackelford (1997) found that women had a higher preference for surgency and dominance in their mates than men did, in a study of dating couples and newlyweds . </Li> <P> A number of viewpoints have arisen in popular culture that revolve around the concept of the "nice guy", irrespective of the preceding research . </P> <P> A common aphorism is that "nice guys finish last ." The phrase is based on a quote by Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher in 1946, which was then condensed by journalists . The original quote by Durocher, referring to the Dodgers' bitter rivals, the New York Giants, was, "The nice guys are all over there, in seventh place ." (1946 July 6), about the 1946 New York Giants--seventh place was actually second - to - last place in the National League; many variants appear in later works, including Durocher's autobiography, Nice Guys Finish Last . The Giants would finish the 1946 season in the National League cellar, while Durocher's Dodgers would end up in second place . </P> <P> Though this is the origin of the phrase, Durocher's remark was specific to the context of baseball, and indeed to the context of that set of players, rather than intended as generally applicable to male / female relationship dynamics or in any other context and his allegation of a cause - and - effect relationship between being nice and finishing last was at most merely implicit--it can also be interpreted as "Nice guys, but they will finish last", rather than "all nice guys finish last". </P>

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