I mean, I get that nice rugged tall bones + naturally jacked on a man makes total sense - fighting predators, gathering/building etc;

But a body like that is ruined from a woman's perspective if it comes with a bad looking face. This is weird because I am not sure why universally attractive facial features determine mating value so much. Is there a correlation between facial aesthetics and disease likelihood?


Equally, as we have conquered other animals and we are in control of many resources, intelligence is what matters these days as most well-paid professions do not involve manual labour.

But a 9/10 looks woman will turn more heads than a 4/10 woman with a PhD in biomedical science and a multi-million patent to cure a common type of cancer.

I do too, don't get me wrong.

I am 24yo and I am trying to get with a 29yo Korean woman that is in private equity.


But generally what I said is correct, no?

If you actually look into the studies about genetics you'll find that it's a pretty loose theory. But people like it because they want to confine stuff to neat boxes to make sense, even if they aren't true. The vaccine stuff for example. They want to believe the med industry, the doctors and all that jazz without doing the research as opposed to looking into all the various reasons the med industry may support it. It makes more sense that it is beneficial for you because more people support it than to believe there may be nefarious forces at play

I could write a paper on all this chit but don't really want to. In any case,


The human sexual response cycle, sexual desire, activities, satisfaction, and physical and mental responses in men and women are different. Men usually feel sexual satisfaction during sexual activity and are more prone to physical attraction, whereas women are more affected by the environment and emotions related to the sexual partner or sexual fantasy in terms of sexual satisfaction

Men generally respond to visual sexual stimuli, such as attractive nude or erotic pictures, or erotic films. Women respond differently to the same sexual stimuli. Some women feel repulsed by muscular, erotic male photos, and some are sexually attracted by emotional or lingual stimulation

In other words, men are more sexually aroused by visual stimuli, but women are more sexually aroused by concrete, auditory, olfactory, touch and emotionally relevant sexual stimulation

This study confirmed the different areas of activation between men and women. Gender difference was observed according to the type of visual erotic stimulus and by differential activation on fMRI

https://www.nature.com/articles/ijir201247

so you are saying men care more about looks and women care more about what? (how does "concrete, auditory, olfactory, touch and emotionally relevant sexual stimulation" translate to practical day-to-day examples?)


second question, why are men programmed to respond to visual sexual stimuli - what evolutionary benefit does it offer?

The fact that you guys ask that first question is funny to me. Because I think it's clear you're not going that far

I guess I would say style, approach.. like say you walk into a store and are looking for chicks. How you interact with them, how you first lead conversation and poke and prod.. then how you touch, what you expose and don't in the conversation are all factors.

This will vary heavily from person to person

How you view the world, interact with it, how that perception twists and turns what happens and what you do as a result with it

I'd say it is kinda hard to talk about cause there are no direct examples (the neat box we talked about previously)

Also, a good example of this I think is like the gym. Guys will go to the gym because they think it makes them look better. But then they negate the confidence it comes from doing the same thing. They're now more confident in their image. They've shown rigorousness, conviction, and reliability in adhering to a program

I believe the latter would be more attractive to women whereas men will think it's just the former

As far as your 2nd question.. that's a good question. Perhaps a difference in testosterone and estrogen?

I would think that a woman being invested in her potential baby may be another reason for differences. A woman wants to feel more invested and emotionally connected because it makes her feel more at ease her partner won't leave her with the baby

Just a guess. Not positive there's research showing what you asked. There may be