Whenever men assert that they are not getting their equivalency in terms of looks they are told that dating/mating is not transactional, yet these same people tell mediocre women “you are a kween you deserve the hottest guy out there.” This is probably the worst double standard in dating.

Say what you want, there have been countless studies proving that physical beauty is most certainly objective to a certain extent, here is one:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10825783/

There are certain consistencies in standards of beauty across all cultures and ethnic groups worldwide.

Women respond to this double standard of entitlement by saying “men usually overrate their looks.” This could not be further from the truth, in fact most men have low self esteem from being rejected by women, something that men of most levels of attractiveness experience FAR more than women of even average levels of attractiveness, who are conversely gassed up by the abundance of men approaching them and showering them with compliments and telling them they’re beautiful. The majority of women below 8/10 have dramatically inflated self images for this reason, it’s embarassing I have seen actual obese women saying “I’m hot sorry” on social media countless times.

They will also default to “women are less concerned with physical appearance” which is definitely true, however it definitely matters enough that above average men should be able to get their equivalence and not have to work for women less attractive.