  According to Peter M. Blau [Exchange and Power in Social Life, Wiley and
Sons, p. 43], the process of integration of a newly formed group has a
paradoxical aspect: most attractive individuals are rejected because they raise
fear of rejection. Often, their solution is to apply a self-deprecating
strategy, which artificially raises the social statuses of their opponents.
Here we introduce a two-dimensional space of status, and we demonstrate that
with this setup, the self-deprecating strategy efficiently can prevent the
rejection. Examples of application of this strategy in the scale of a society
are provided.
