Men were more interested in pursuing casual sex with people of limited physical attractiveness, no matter what other qualities the prospective partner possessed. Women lack interest in forming a relationship with a person of low physical attractiveness, no matter what type of relationship they seek

NorthernSkagosi · 2024-07-10T15:23:11+00:00

So personality matters more to men and compensates for a lack of looks too. Interesting

ConceptLogical3058 · 2024-07-10T13:12:44+00:00

Makes sense to me. I saw this behaviour a lot growing up

health_throwaway195 · 2024-07-13T12:17:52+00:00

The results are not surprising at all if you have a basic understanding of evolutionary theory. For one, casual sex costs men nothing, and is always a net positive for them evolutionarily (assuming the woman is fertile at the time), whereas it is inherently extremely costly for women, and it is overwhelmingly a net negative if the man is of low genetic quality.

And it is for a similar reason that men are more willing to enter into a long-term relationship with a less attractive partner than women are. The buy-in is much lower for him than it would be for a woman. He could always leave the unattractive woman if he finds a more attractive woman who is willing to be with him, and it would cost him nothing to do so. In fact, he would benefit evolutionarily because he will have probably gotten the previous woman pregnant while in the relationship with her. Whereas if a woman enters into such a relationship and subsequently gets pregnant, then she is on the hook for caring for that child. She can’t simply opt out at any time when she gets bored or finds a better partner. There is no potential for a net gain.

invest-problem523 · 2024-07-10T13:05:04+00:00

Interesting, I'd have thought the opposite. Any guesses why this is?

My best guess: low value men have even lower value than low value women. A 4/10 woman is still 40/100 to the tribe due to her high reproductive value. The 4/10 man is maybe a 5/100 when food is abundant and other men are nearby for sex and security. There's no use at all for him.

Temporary-Alarm-744 · 2024-07-12T00:38:23+00:00

We need to raise the standards gentlemen

Galilaeus_Modernus · 2024-07-11T16:30:09+00:00

According to the methods section, this is one of those studies where the participants looked at photographs of potential mates which had personality descriptions next to them.

The problem with these sorts of studies is that they fail to observe the actual choices that people make when it comes to relationships. This is what people say their behaviors are as opposed to what their behaviors actually are.

ghdgdnfj · 2024-08-31T16:40:43+00:00

Now do a study with ugly men who have a lot of money and see how fast those relationships form.

Lunesly · 2024-10-19T11:46:31+00:00

whats "limited" attractiveness

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