Both sexes ranked physical attractiveness as the most highly desirable characteristic in a potential sexual partner. Social/financial power was not preferred more by women than by men in a potential sexual partner.

moremindful · 2022-12-04T13:27:25+00:00

"results revealed that both men and women preferred a physically attractive potential sexual partner, and women showed no more preference than did men for a socially or financially powerful potential sexual partner. Also as predicted, men more than women preferred a physically attractive marriage partner; unexpectedly, women did not find such characteristics as social or financial power and a college degree as more desirable in a prospective spouse than did men."

tedbradly · 2022-12-04T20:54:51+00:00

I think it's common sense that humans like an attractive, sociable person with resources that respects themselves and has strong principles, wisdom, and knowledge. Every potential partner is going to have more of some things and less of others. It doesn't matter what people self-report, because historically, people have been quite bad at describing themselves. Polls are notorious for having this problem. E.g. every study about happiness has to be taken with a grain of salt, because the main way to measure it is to ask someone how happy they feel they are or how often they feel unhappy or something similar.

To be frank, obsessing with unchangeable aspects just sounds a lot like making excuses. The fact is if someone is socially skilled and a joy to be around - that involves stuff like verbal skills, humor, empathy, self-respect, musical tastes, clothing style, how emotive they are, their philosophy, confidence, etc. - then they're not going to have a problem finding romance. Yes, that type of stuff is harder to acquire than simply being born sexy, and yes, if two people have the same social skill, obviously the sexier person will have more options. However, don't ever act like it's all looks.

RSDevotion1 · 2022-12-04T14:50:04+00:00

now combine that with the other study revealing that sexual attractiveness score is not a good predictor of how many sexual partners a man will have. girls may think they know what they want but will still end up with the man who knows his way

RSDevotion1 · 2022-12-04T12:44:52+00:00

Many factors were considered, including intelligence and positive personality traits.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233353721_Gender_Differences_in_Characteristics_Desired_in_a_Potential_Sexual_and_Marriage_Partner

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