Trusted, Automoderated users
17,538
edits
Scientific Blackpill: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Women rate 80% of men as "below average", while men rate women on a bell curve
| Line 2,935: | Line 2,935: | ||
Sex differences in attractiveness ratings of similar magnitude (around d = 1.0) have been also found in other contexts but online dating, e.g. students rating photos of celebrities (Marshall & Wasserman, 1997), students rating one another in person (Birnbaum, 2014; Benedixen, 2019) and students rating photos from an online dating website (Wood, 2009). The effect may be partly explained by women putting more effort in their appearance, but women are also evaluated more favorably regarding all sorts of traits besides physical appearance, an effect known as the ''"women are wonderful effect"'' (Eagly, 1991). This suggests that male OkCupid users are likely not less attractive that other men. This point is further supported by an experiment conducted by Rudder in which he let male users rate one another and where the distribution of ratings did not show the skew towards the bottom end one can observe in ratings by women (see the interview linked above). | Sex differences in attractiveness ratings of similar magnitude (around d = 1.0) have been also found in other contexts but online dating, e.g. students rating photos of celebrities (Marshall & Wasserman, 1997), students rating one another in person (Birnbaum, 2014; Benedixen, 2019) and students rating photos from an online dating website (Wood, 2009). The effect may be partly explained by women putting more effort in their appearance, but women are also evaluated more favorably regarding all sorts of traits besides physical appearance, an effect known as the ''"women are wonderful effect"'' (Eagly, 1991). This suggests that male OkCupid users are likely not less attractive that other men. This point is further supported by an experiment conducted by Rudder in which he let male users rate one another and where the distribution of ratings did not show the skew towards the bottom end one can observe in ratings by women (see the interview linked above). | ||
OkCupid also found that women receive 8 times as many messages per week as men. In the second graph below one can see that this holds true across all percentiles of looks. The least attractive women receive as many messages above average men. | OkCupid also found that women receive 8 times as many messages per week as men. In the second graph below one can see that this holds true across all percentiles of looks. The least attractive women receive as many messages above average men. An analysis of the slopes suggests that both men and women care roughly to the same extent about looks, but women are overall much more passive in their dating behavior. | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Data:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Data:'''</span> | ||
[[File:Attractiveness ratings by men and women (dataclysm).png|500px|thumb|none|Women rate 80% of men below medium, while men rate women on a more even bell curve distribution ( | [[File:Attractiveness ratings by men and women (dataclysm).png|500px|thumb|none|Women rate 80% of men below medium, while men rate women on a more even bell curve distribution. (Rudder, 2014)]] | ||
[[File:Messages OkCupid.png|none|thumb|500x500px|Women receive 8 times as many messages per week as men.]] | [[File:Messages OkCupid.png|none|thumb|500x500px|Women receive 8 times as many messages per week as men. (Rudder, 2014)]] | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Quotes:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Quotes:'''</span> | ||
| Line 2,946: | Line 2,946: | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | ||
* Rudder C. 2009. ''Your Looks and Your Inbox.'' OK Trends. [[https://www.gwern.net/docs/psychology/okcupid/yourlooksandyourinbox.html Article]] | * Rudder C. 2009. ''Your Looks and Your Inbox.'' OK Trends. [[https://www.gwern.net/docs/psychology/okcupid/yourlooksandyourinbox.html Article]] | ||
* Rudder C. | * Rudder C. 2014. ''Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves.'' Broadway Books. [[http://i.imgur.com/uAOsyLn.gif Excerpt]] | ||
* Bendixen, M., Kennair, L.E.O., Biegler, R. and Haselton, M.G., 2019. ''Adjusting signals of sexual interest in the most recent naturally occurring opposite-sex encounter in two different contexts.'' [[https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-18462-001 Abstract]] | * Bendixen, M., Kennair, L.E.O., Biegler, R. and Haselton, M.G., 2019. ''Adjusting signals of sexual interest in the most recent naturally occurring opposite-sex encounter in two different contexts.'' [[https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-18462-001 Abstract]] | ||
* Marshall J, Wasserman T T. 1997. ''The Perception of Sexual Attractiveness: Sex Differences in Variability.'' [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1024570814293 Abstract]] | * Marshall J, Wasserman T T. 1997. ''The Perception of Sexual Attractiveness: Sex Differences in Variability.'' [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1024570814293 Abstract]] | ||