Why seek out dangerous men?

There's an interesting discussion thread over at View from the Right on the issue of why some Western women seek out dangerous men. I thought this quote from the discussion particularly noteworthy:

Patriarchy valorizes qualities that men value in other men, dominant or not, "beta" qualities such as loyalty, honesty and industriousness, and converts these into a currency that women value: social status and the financial resources that accompany it. In this way male and female values become aligned.