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=== Men's looks are important in the formation of romantic relationships === | === Men's looks are important in the formation of romantic relationships === | ||
Women place a minimum threshold of physical attractiveness on potential mates.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-017-0092-x</ref> Women also lie about the degree of importance of physical attractiveness.<ref>https://www.livescience.com/58607-mens-looks-may-matter-more-than-personality.html</ref> The common objection is that personality would matter too. Sadly, looks | Women place a minimum threshold of physical attractiveness on potential mates.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-017-0092-x</ref> Women also lie about the degree of importance of physical attractiveness.<ref>https://www.livescience.com/58607-mens-looks-may-matter-more-than-personality.html</ref> The common objection is that personality would matter too. Sadly, various studies showed looks are the only factor to predict initial romantic interest,<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2005-11095-001</ref> and they are only slightly less important in long-term dating.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22468419</ref> Looks are highly heritable as well.<ref>https://www2.psy.uq.edu.au/~uqbziets/Mitchem%20et%20al%202013%20Estimating%20the%20sex-specific%20effects%20of%20genes%20on%20facial%20attractiveness%20and%20sexual%20dimorphism.pdf</ref> Women are also seemingly more choosy about looks, e.g. they rate 80% of men as below [[Decile|5/10]] both in online dating and elsewhere.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_rate_80.25_of_men_as_.22below_average.22.2C_while_men_rate_women_on_a_bell_curve</ref> Men's attractiveness and masculinity also predict a woman's chance of orgasm.<ref>https://putslab.la.psu.edu/documents/Puts%20et%20al.%20EHB%202012-1.pdf</ref> While not as drastic as their ratings suggest, there is indeed evidence of women dating up in looks, e.g. very unattractive men were less likely married in one study. Conversely, very unattractive women were more likely being married than other women. | ||
=== Looks are largely objective, especially ugly people's looks === | === Looks are largely objective, especially ugly people's looks === |