There seems to be a case to be made that most women don’t find most or even the average man to be handsome.


The normal distribution of men's ratings of the attractiveness of women with essentially equivalent deviations from the mean in both directions reflects men's hormonally driven bias that rates objectively unattractive women as highly as attractive women - a mathematic artifact that is incongruent with reality.
There are far more unattractive than attractive women in the population based on weight if nothing else. Attractiveness is a matter of genetics and self-care, and at least genetics has little plasticity.
The left-skewed distribution of women's ratings of the attractiveness of men with essentially non-equivalent deviation from the mean in the left direction reflects women's biases that rate statistically rare characteristics such as great wealth and great height as inordinately important in determining attraction.
There are far fewer men of great wealth and height than the inverse in the population. Wealth is a matter of luck, inheritance, and propensity for criminal behavior for the most part. Height is a matter of genetics and childhood nutrition and has little plasticity.
definitely agree.
the standards women have for men are a lot higher than the standards men have for women. a lot of women would fail to meet the same standards that they put on men. vast majority of them ain't 6 feet tall, have 6 pack abs or earn 6 figures
No. I have said the same thing on the other post, but I’d say it again. It is easier for us women to get a date, but it is harder to find a guy who is willing to commit. The issue with men thinking we have it easier is because you all count friends with benefits/hook up/casual sex as dating. How in the world are we supposed to be happy when 100 guys want to fuck us? Someone on the other post said there are women who enjoy being promiscuous too so what’s the point of comparing this. Let me tell you. The vast majority of women that I know prefer to be in a stable relationship, but many of them couldn’t find a guy who wants to stay. They either ghost and come back after a while, or left once they have gotten what they want.
It doesn’t exactly reflect the real world though does it? Firstly, attractiveness is subjective, and secondly I’ve seen plenty of average people paired up, as well as average guys dating attractive girls. Men are more into short term relationships so actually it’s easier for them since women are more geared towards long term relationships.
Your experience is anecdotal and doesn’t reflect the reality of this situation
I’m afraid it does. All you have to do is open your eyes and look around you instead of dwelling on a basement somewhere 😛
Excuse me but I work for Amazon. I also go to bars every other weekend. I do put myself out there.
I’m actually pretty handsome. I look a lot like the guy in the photo. I’m tan, average in height at 5’9, nice hair, nice eyes and a good sized package. Yet, I can’t find a girl to love me. What about guys that are truly ugly? They are gonna die alone
You’re still not grasping the fact that it’s not all about looks. Personality is a huge factor. Do your values align? Do you have mental as well as physical chemistry etc. Girls rarely look at things short term like guys, they’re assessing the bigger picture.
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It doesn’t mean women have high standards, maybe they both have the same standards but the man is more likely to eat potato chips. My cousin usually dates girls who look 2-4 points higher than him on the attractiveness scale and my second cousin married a fat and old guy when she was slim and gorgeous.
Fating is plain hard for all people.
Wouldn't consider this the foremost reason it is however a true enough reason. It is also easily verifiable research that has been reproduced a lot of times. There is this rather strange phenomena that without being famous and/or previously known by the person rating them, guys pretty much never reach that 10/10.
But if you want what I think the actual reason is: There's just a lot more guys than girls in the dating range ages. Always has been. If we find the very rare communities on earth where women outnumber men dating there is, reportedly, very easy for men.
Huh? Women outnumber men everywhere on earty short of societal forces ie war zone, china.
You're right! But very wrong at the same time.
Women outnumber men everywhere if we include all men and all women - yes!
If we count people under 50 or so, men outnumber women. If we count people at say 20-26 and 27-35, men significantly outnumber women. Always have.
In fact, every single country on earth has more boys born than girls. The reason? It is not actually 50/50. There is a mild biological favor towards more boys being born. You are very welcome to confirm this, but I assure you it is very much the truth. And quite an interesting novelty of our species.
I don't think dating websites are reflective of real life. I mean, look at some of the walking disaster Shrektards that many women choose in real life.
Men need to stop simping, respect themselves, and get to work in real life. So one is less existentially reliant and pining over these bitches.
Nothing I can do about being average looking, so I just spread a wider net than most guys. For example, most guys will ask a girl or two, then give up for the night. I'll ask a girl, then her friends at the same table, then all the women at the next table, and so on until one says "Yes."
As a younger guy, it was not really tough, but as you get older, yes, but even then it depends a lot on how a guy "maintains" himself, his financial status and things like that. Of course, younger, is easier.
Women can afford to be much choosier than men. Most men don’t have the willpower to reject women in such high numbers that women need to change to fit what the dating market demands. That’s why shit like Onlyfans exist, because women can reduce their value but still be valued.
I have no idea. Out of the people I know IRL that I see often, I am the only single person left. A good portion of men I was friends with and became acquaintances of are in relationships or had them. I feel like the odd man out.
I agree that it's true. But the reasoning is definitely incorrect.
What is the reason
Well I was only going based off looks
I mean women go off personality most. So physical looks are simply the foot in the door. Are you good looking enough she doesn't run away and maybe she even smiles at you, maybe she even could have sex with you without puking? 🤮
Once you pass that level it's all personality. I've seen many girls pass on very hot men because they have disgusting simp weirdo loser personalities.
Younger I would’ve said it’s harder for a man, older I’d say it’s harder for a woman.
we need a willing partner but we are always willing
Stop basing your opinions on nonsense you read online, and you might get somewhere.
But it’s what I see everyday
Damn I must be below average then 😂
It's true for sure
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