I'm a fairly fit guy and in good shape (5'10, 168lbs, 14-15% bodyfat), I do gym and road & mountain bike cycling but somewhat average-homely facially with receding hair, and I like my ladies slim to normal, a size 4 to 6... I'm on the fence regarding a size 8 (it either looks ok or doesn't), but it seems that wanting a slim or healthy weight female is now considered "high standards" by a huge entourage of people as the average American female is very overweight (5'4 / 171lbs) and a size 14 (that's too big/fat). I'm not going to get out the scales when judging a woman to date, but using 140 to 150lbs as a loose guide, anything considerably more than 150lbs looks overweight on an average height woman unless she is muscular or very large framed.

I'm not talking about wanting "hot" ladies either, just average looking faces - or even below average. It seems simply being a healthy weight woman in America makes you automaticlly in high demand, where as guys are going to be judged on facial attractiveness, height and general genetics before fat / bodyweight, as well as status and income. Its simply a lot harder now for the average healthy weight guy to get a healthy weight girlfriend.

Is it better to just look for foreign women at this point, considering a plain, slim 5/10 American woman has thousands of orbiters she's swatting away and she has the luxury of holding out for that 6'3, 9/10 Chad?

Thoughts?

https://www.healthline.com/health/womens-health/average-weight-for-women