Are women generally more attractive than men?

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Anonymous wrote:Probably because it is more socially common for women to do upkeep around hair and nails, get Botox, wear makeup, etc. Easy for a few small touches like that to take an average woman to above average.

LOL! Botox is not common. I wouldn't put that in the same category as makeup.

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Anonymous wrote:This may be a function of me living in suburbs but I used to take the VRE and I didn't see a single attractive person at my stop (approximately 50 people) nor on the train (I would usually walk through one or two cards to find a seat). I never noticed anyone particularly attractive when I got off at my stop either although to be fair there are a ton of people getting on and off and I was mostly focused on wading through a sea of people.

I have not noticed anyone attractive where I work either. Everyone just seems like they're in boring office attire and a fair number of people are overweight.

Try working in a big federal building. It looks like the Star Wars Cantina scene.

OK, I admit it, i just snort-laughed.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Attractiveness is a social construct, so it's impossible to say who is truly attractive.

It is to a degree, but there are some common traits that are considered attractive across the globe (symmetry of features, proportionate morphology, clear skin, hip to waist ratio in women and height in men, etc.)

I think media (photo, movie, tv etc) played a big role in defining what's attractive. We see images of exceptionally pretty and fit white women with makeup, lighting, nice dressing etc all the time around us and get conditioned very early on about "what's attractive" and it becomes harder to find average real women as attractive.

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Anonymous wrote:Probably because it is more socially common for women to do upkeep around hair and nails, get Botox, wear makeup, etc. Easy for a few small touches like that to take an average woman to above average.

LOL! Botox is not common. I wouldn't put that in the same category as makeup.

Botox is getting common by the second. Even if not botox, facial, hair laser, fillers, false eyelash, fairness creams, tanning, false brows, hair extensions, hair color highlights, straightness, curlers, and so much more is happening everywhere.

[Anonymous]

With enough money and right consultant, anyone look good. All it takes is a plastic surgeon, a dermatologist, a dentist, a fitness coach, a make up artist, a wardrobe stylist/personal shopper and kaboom, your attractiveness can go from 1-7 in 3 months.

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I find lots of men attractive, far more than I think would be considered “handsome” by society’s standards. I also see lots of pretty women around too. I guess I may have low standards, but I’ve always kind of assumed most of us were like me and didn’t limit their tastes to Hollywood standards.

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Anonymous wrote:With enough money and right consultant, anyone look good. All it takes is a plastic surgeon, a dermatologist, a dentist, a fitness coach, a make up artist, a wardrobe stylist/personal shopper and kaboom, your attractiveness can go from 1-7 in 3 months.

I doubt if many Hollywood celebrities would be able to maintain even 10% of their atteactiveness if they were working at local fast food place.

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Anonymous wrote:With enough money and right consultant, anyone look good. All it takes is a plastic surgeon, a dermatologist, a dentist, a fitness coach, a make up artist, a wardrobe stylist/personal shopper and kaboom, your attractiveness can go from 1-7 in 3 months.

They’d also need a nutritionist.

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I believe that women invest more in their appearance on a regular basis but that dynamic will be shifting. Women need men’s income a lot less than they used to. Also, on-line dating is creating a dynamic where only the most photogenic, top 20% of men are seeing any activity on their dating profiles.

Men will have to step it up or be forced into a life of porn and video games.

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I would say that people who date men are generally more attractive than people who date women. Women look for a lot of other qualities, but men are pretty focused on looks.
I used to live in a community that had a high concentration of gay men (the short north in Columbus, OH), and most of the men there were attractive, worked out regularly, dressed well, etc.

By contrast, the women were nearly as conventionally attractive as straight women.

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Anonymous wrote:As a dude, that other thread shocked me. Multiple women saying they don't know a single handsome man?

The question wasn't even 'do you know any gorgeous men?'. It was just handsome men.

I'm a guy in my mid 40s and I see other men that I would think would qualify as handsome almost every day.

I'd be really curious to see what some of these women look like themselves, to think that they aren't any handsome men around.

But to answer your question, no, I think think most things end up pretty equal. Same amount of attractiveness across genders

Are you straight? Because the guys that my H thinks are handsome are not. For example, he was telling me he doesn't get why his friend is still single because he's handsome. He's a nice guy but handsome? Far far away from it. The opposite is true too. I personally think that Cara Delevingne is gorgeous in a very striking way and he doesn't think so.

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Anonymous wrote:In general do you see more attractive women then men in the DC area? Or in the US in general? The other thread about attractive men made me think - I probably have only met a handful of truly attractive men in my life. Sure after getting to know them they become more attractive but stop me in my tracks attractive only a few. But I see attractive women a lot. Is that because they put more effort into keeping themselves up? Thoughts?

Yes, I find women much more attractivve than men. The fact that I am a straight guy may have something to do with it.

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Anonymous wrote:I would say that people who date men are generally more attractive than people who date women. Women look for a lot of other qualities, but men are pretty focused on looks.
I used to live in a community that had a high concentration of gay men (the short north in Columbus, OH), and most of the men there were attractive, worked out regularly, dressed well, etc.

By contrast, the women were nearly as conventionally attractive as straight women.

Trying visiting a few gay bars at night. You'll see plenty of fat guys, guys wearing baseball hats and football jerseys, old guys, guys who are bald, etc. Looks just like any other bar in the western world.

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Anonymous wrote:As a dude, that other thread shocked me. Multiple women saying they don't know a single handsome man?

The question wasn't even 'do you know any gorgeous men?'. It was just handsome men.

I'm a guy in my mid 40s and I see other men that I would think would qualify as handsome almost every day.

I'd be really curious to see what some of these women look like themselves, to think that they aren't any handsome men around.

But to answer your question, no, I think think most things end up pretty equal. Same amount of attractiveness across genders

Are you straight? Because the guys that my H thinks are handsome are not. For example, he was telling me he doesn't get why his friend is still single because he's handsome. He's a nice guy but handsome? Far far away from it. The opposite is true too. I personally think that Cara Delevingne is gorgeous in a very striking way and he doesn't think so.

Wow hard no.

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I think if you are attracted to men, you notice attractive men and do not pay attention to women and men you find unattractive. Same for women.
It seems more women are attracted to other women. So a lot of women will see more attractive women vs men