First, this isn't an academic study. OKCupid compiled data from their website and made some comments about what it might mean.
Here are a few things to consider about the data:
1. OKCupid users may not be representative sample of people as a whole. Online dating may attract certain types of people and not others. Further, OKCupid users are not even representative of people who engage in online dating, since different websites may attract different types of people (OKCupid may attract different types of people from say, Match. com or PlentyOfFish).
2. Within OKCupid, not all users rate other user's pictures. There may be a difference between people who rate and people who don't.
3. I'm not sure if it's changed, but if you rated someone a 4 or 5 on OKCupid, it would send that person a notification that you rated them high. It's possible that women are more shy or insecure when it comes to letting other people know they think they're attractive, and so even if they found someone attractive, they would rate them lower.
4. Some people may just use that feature to browse pictures, and so they don't rate in a way that reflects their views (either choosing the same rating for everyone, or choosing random ratings).
Basically, I don't think "Women find 80% of men unattractive" is accurate.
What's more, is for some reason, whenever guys talk about this "study", they conveniently ignore the rest of the findings. For example:
2/3 of male messages go to the top 1/3 of women.
cdn.okcimg.com/.../Male-Messaging-Curve.png
Whereas women are far more likely to message average or even below average guys:
cdn.okcimg.com/.../Female-Messaging-Curve.png
If you want to make a generalization, it's that men care far more about physical appearance than women do, and thus, it isn't hopeless for "unattractive" men.
In addition to this study not being reliable i also think it has to do with that many women are more attracted to personality. I may not find a guy physically attractive before talking to him, but if i find his personality attractive i might start noticing more physically that is attractive.
I never take an OK Cupid study seriously. Most women on dating sites are picky I'm sure they have their reasons but this does not represent all women especially in the real world. What is the point that you are trying to make.
There is a lot of truth to it, but a lot of the reason the average guy isn't considered attractive from what I've noticed is that they don't dress well enough and they don't actively maintain their appearance. I barely put in an effort and the difference in reactions from women between a little effort and no effort is shocking. I never used to get noticed but now I have at least 5 women at work who I know have a crush on me. My advice is to visit the occasional thrift store to buy nice, stylish shirts on the cheap.
The data is interesting, but I think your conclusions about it aren't correct. Whereas the data does indicate that women, at first glance, tend to find men below average in the looks department, if you look at the data for women actually sending messages to men, you'll see that they tend to overlook or grow more comfortable in sending them messages.
You can find the whole story here:
blog.okcupid.com/.../
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I don't care, honestly.
As others have said, okcupid isn't a great representation of males OR females.
Also, personal tastes do vary a decent amount from one person to the next. Even if the 20/100 thing were true, that 20 could be quite different from woman to woman.
I am not surprised if this figure is accurate looks on a guy aren't really important and most guys are well bros lol
We don't need looks we need success passion and confidence to attract a woman
On a physical level few men are beautiful and attractive to most females also females don't understand male aesthetic and the male body
This is kind of interesting, I've had girls say that most men are simply not physically attractive, and that they only become attracted to the majority of men after getting to know them. As in they are funny, confident, have money, they are smart, they have a good body.
The article pointed out that OKCupid used the terminology "most attractive" and "least attractive." Less attractive is a relative concept, it does not mean "not attractive."
The article also went on to show that women are significantly more willing than men to engage with people that ranked lower on the scale of attractiveness.
That said, you probably find the majority of women you meet on a random day unattractive to some degree. I know I do... I have standards, after all.
read this myTake, his interpretation is logical and unbiased.
www.girlsaskguys.com/.../a8397-do-women-only-find-20-of-men-attractive
Well I have tons of women who say otherwise and that's all the statistics I need lol.
And no offense to the OKCupid users but they are not really the best representation of society or people in general.
even if this study is 100% accurate, it's nothing new in fact it's the same for guys. i personally find less than 10% of women attractive and would only date women who are part of than less than 10%. but not everyone can get people who are attractive to them so it's not like you're screwed when it comes to dating.
Realistic. I would like to see the faces they rated as unattractive though.
But I've observed this too. A lot of men don't take care of themselves, they wear unappealing clothes , etc.
Don't be so dense. The human race would die out dick head.
Actually, women are more tolerant in variation of appearance than men.
The author's first conclusion probably has some validity to it. It was my first thought too.
"My first guess was that there was an issue with self-selection here (i. e. unattractive men congregate on the site for whatever reason)."
Good looking guys with game don't need to go to dating websites.
I'm a sucker for a guy with game. If he's nice looking and has bomb social skills it's like ♡♡♡♡♡for me. Personality counts.
It's true, but we still like them and fall in love. Nearly all my friends are in or have been in long relationships with guys they didn't like for their looks. They just get to know them then really like them.
Really? Jeez women are picky...80% of men can't be THAT bad looking
Hmmm.. I would have to say that this is somewhat feasibly possible.
men are stupid so what do they expect
" 2/3 of all male messages going to the top 1/3 of women."
Looks are just cover of a book...
And every one knows this bloody quote...
"YOU can't A BOOK BY ITS COVER."
I find much less than 20% of guys attractive to be honest
So sounds legit
Yes they find most of us "below average" but they date most of us anyway.
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