Reply #32: I disagree... [View All]

I think men are much more willing to discount many/most/all of a woman's flaws if they find her particularly attractive. I don't see women doing that. Consider in particular a man who is smart, between the ages of 40-55 who is wealthy and successful. The chances of that person deciding to be with a woman between the ages of 18-29 who is gorgeous but unaccomplished and a complete jerk are exponentially higher than a woman who is smart, between the ages of 40-55, wealthy and successful deciding to be with a man between the ages of 18-29 who is gorgeous, unaccomplished and a complete jerk.

And it really doesnt have anything to do with being "shallow" (that seems to be the standard followup accusation to this kind of argument). For whatever reason, the things that attract men and women about each other evolved to be different. I remember watching a show about the mating practices of a particular kind of frog. It turned out the females wanted to mate with the frog that had the lowest frequency chirp (or whatever else you call the noise that frogs make). People and animals are attracted to what they have evolved to be attracted to and there are genetic variations as we all know.