So what are the economics? Presumably a proposal "out of the blue" is more likely to be accepted, and offered, when there is potential disagreement about the correct "market prices" of various potential partners. A lower status man might try to snare a higher-quality woman, perhaps by catching her off-guard, or he might be trying to signal, with his daring and panache, that he is higher status after all.
The most likely ones to accept such proposals are women who are unsure of their "quality," either on the mating market or in unmarried life. Accepting the proposal takes on one kind of risk but relieves the woman of another.
-MR
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