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[[File:Attractiveness ratings by men and women (dataclysm).png|400px|thumb|right|Women rate 80% of men below medium, while men rate women on a more even bell curve distribution (Rudder, 2014). [[Scientific Blackpill#Women_rate_80.25_of_men_as_.22below_average.22.2C_while_men_rate_women_on_a_bell_curve|More information]].]] | [[File:Attractiveness ratings by men and women (dataclysm).png|400px|thumb|right|Women rate 80% of men below medium, while men rate women on a more even bell curve distribution (Rudder, 2014). [[Scientific Blackpill#Women_rate_80.25_of_men_as_.22below_average.22.2C_while_men_rate_women_on_a_bell_curve|More information]].]] | ||
Ratings of physical attractiveness predict romantic interest to the same extent in women and men as a large meta study (N = 29,414) concluded.<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2013-12483-001</ref> | Ratings of physical attractiveness predict romantic interest to the same extent in women and men as a large meta study (N = 29,414) concluded.<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2013-12483-001</ref> | ||
What is more, women place a minimum threshold of physical attractiveness on potential mates before they are willing to consider anything else about them.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-017-0092-x</ref> Moreover, women lie about the importance of physical attractiveness.<ref>https://www.livescience.com/58607-mens-looks-may-matter-more-than-personality.html</ref> Women | What is more, women place a minimum threshold of physical attractiveness on potential mates before they are willing to consider anything else about them.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-017-0092-x</ref> Moreover, women lie about the importance of physical attractiveness.<ref>https://www.livescience.com/58607-mens-looks-may-matter-more-than-personality.html</ref> Women also rate looks more harshly than men. They rate 80% of men as below [[Decile|5/10]] with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skew_normal_distribution skewed distribution] both in online dating and non-online settings, whereas men rate women [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution normally].<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> The common objection to women being shallow about looks in online dating is that in real life women would care about personality and that one could easily make up for bad looks with a good personality. 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> | ||
so even though lifestyle choices like [[gymcel|bodybuilding]] can improve looks, [[Scientific_Blackpill#A_man.27s_muscle_building_capacity_is_primarily_determined_by_genetics|much of it is predetermined]], with more than half of an individual's lean mass being hereditary,<ref>https://asbmr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1359/jbmr.1997.12.12.2076</ref> and an individual's response to resistance training is significantly determined by genetics.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7794282_Variability_in_muscle_size_and_strength_gain_after_unilateral_resistance_training</ref> | so even though lifestyle choices like [[gymcel|bodybuilding]] can improve looks, [[Scientific_Blackpill#A_man.27s_muscle_building_capacity_is_primarily_determined_by_genetics|much of it is predetermined]], with more than half of an individual's lean mass being hereditary,<ref>https://asbmr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1359/jbmr.1997.12.12.2076</ref> and an individual's response to resistance training is significantly determined by genetics.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7794282_Variability_in_muscle_size_and_strength_gain_after_unilateral_resistance_training</ref> | ||
The effects of plastic surgery on physical attractiveness are also small.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Facial_plastic_surgery_significantly_changes_how_a_man.27s_personality_is_perceived</ref> | The effects of plastic surgery on physical attractiveness are also small.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Facial_plastic_surgery_significantly_changes_how_a_man.27s_personality_is_perceived</ref> |