Do girls only want to date a small percentage of men?

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The small percentage of men girls are chasing are muscular/lean & fit, strong jawline & 6ft & over. Is this what men need to be attractive or worth dating to girls?

coldmarch · Accepted Answer

If this was the truth, most of girls would be permanently single because still in the "queue" to wait for their turn when that small percentage of men gets single again.
Also, try looking at couples on the street, in the supermarket etc. Look at them. Is the guy resembling your description? Most likely: no. Unless you skip looking at those couples on purpose, of course.
If you only wanted to say that the general *aesthetical preference* is that, then it could be but it doesn't actually determine the dating subjects because girls aren't going to lose time with someone who is sexy but has an ugly personality or who isn't compatible with them. Nonetheless, this isn't an universal preference. I don't like big muscles, as an example. And when I checked a poll with around 10k voters that selected the best traits in men, the first one was being a smiling guy, and many other surprising choices that go against the stereotype you talk about. Anyway, if smile wins, what we can get from that is: personality wins. A smile can be a sign of chill, positive and secure personality. Valid also for women. Nobody would "prefer" someone who expresses negativity, potential passive aggression, and who doesn't look like he is chill with his life and himself. Because it carries already problems to deal with, from the initial presentation. Who would "prefer" them? They get dated anyway but it's not the "preference", for sure.
Not that the aesthetics doesn't count, no lie, but it counts less than what you think and it has a larger tolerance. Again, just look at (all!) the couples of any age around you, on the street, and you'll verify that.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I don't like muscular guys. Also there is such a thing as too tall so no.

Novacane · Accepted Answer

I wouldn't say that's what you need to be attractive because everyone is special in their own way. But yes women will always gravitate to that kind of man because that's more ideal for them. Women don't date down, as for men they can date up, down, sideways doesn't matter. Therefore if you don't have those traits muscle, 6ft, good looking, and has money then your chance with women will be much lower, so you will need to compensate some way or another. So girls will see you as less.

Kaamraj · Accepted Answer

Yes, you're right, this is called the pareto principle, or 90% of women are attracted to the 10 % of the men. The proof for this you can find where men and women can be themselves honestly without judgement, or online dating sites. Men have a normal distribution when rating women, whereas women have a highly skewed perception, finding 80% of men as below average. A man's duty is to progress and excel within that top 10%, the women will come as a byproduct.

MCheetah · Answer

Yeah. Girls only want the top 10% of men that exist out there, and would rather be alone indefinitely than have realistic obtainable standards of matching with someone near her equal level. Men are the opposite and have different "types" of girls we could be into. This is called Hypergamy, the idea that most women only date "up" and refuse to be with someone on their equal or lower social level.

FilmGuy93 · Answer

What they chase and what they'll actually go for are different things. Women (like men) can fantasize to their heart's content. But at the end of the day, they pretty much take what they can get (and feel like they can hold on to).

ChrisMaster69 · Answer

Yeah because all there is in the world are perfect women, they only come in one type and therefore only date muscular guys. 😂😂

DeltaCharlieEcho · Answer

90% of women are going after 10% of men. When necessity dictates, women are far more reasonable with their attraction, but in western society we've dedicated women's importance over men's and because of this women don't have to settle.

The-Wise-Phoenix · Answer

I would definitely say that there is a very large population of women today who want men who are way above their own levels of attractiveness.

Anonymous · Answer

Even the tall and the fat ones think that they deserve the best looking guys. LOL Eventually they will die alone from alcoholism and crippling depression

TheFlak38 · Answer

they want to date a large percentage of men and fuck with the top 1%. that's two different things.

tatianamay · Answer

Nah, im not into muscular guys and that's not true

SamA_nold · Answer

I'd recommend going outside once in a while 👍

Noahcepticeye · Answer

Yes it's a fact that women are more picky than men

star362 · Answer

Not all girls want that

Anonymous · Answer

Yes and you forgot rich on your list

Blackcupcake · Answer

Nope

Yourfriend2021 · Answer

Yes you're right.

anylolone · Answer

Date? Yes.

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