I often wonder how women's ability to sleep with men much more attractive and higher value than themselves affects their perception of their own attractiveness, "league", and expectations for the men they can marry.

As men, we are ubiquitously aware of what league we belong to and the women we can manage to date/marry because there's no inconsistency between the women available to us for sex vs marriage. If we can flirt, hook up, or have a one night stand with women of certain attractiveness, we can be sure that we can marry within the same league as well. If there is any inconsistency its in the opposite direction.

But women face a unique conundrum: Their options for hookups and casual sex are a world apart from their options for serious relationships and marriage, so much that the concept of leagues literally doesn't apply to women seeking the former. Just about any girl can bed any guy in her proximity or circle. Dating apps like Tinder has made this phenomenon even more pronounced and allows any mediocre looking, overweight girl with a wallflower personality and mundane life to get attention and hook-up offers from the cream of men in her city, including struggling male models, gym trainers, musicians, successful millionaires and even small time celebrities. And all this is possible because men, even attractive ones, generally have lower standards for casual sex.

So my question for women is, how much this affects their perception about their own attractiveness? Do women silently know this and have a good laugh about this? Do they high-five each other after sleeping with guys far more attractive than themselves, realizing all the while that they will someday end up marrying a guy that is much less attractive than what they've experienced? Or are they unaware of the above-described phenomenon, and conclude that their sexual options/exploits accurately reflect their options for a spouse, only to be disappointed later in life?