Study (N=11K;20 years) finds attractive men more likely to attain better jobs & earn more than similarly attractive women. Attractive women had a slight advantage over unattractive women but men saw greatest benefits. For women being attractive is incompatible with stereotypes of leaders. “Women are held to a specific standard of attractiveness & are often punished when they fail to uphold that standard, but then they’re punished when they do—it’s a lose-lose situation.”
I think it makes sense that they’d prefer to message “above average” men… just that their assessment of what an “average man” means, is way lover.
Men are either picky AF, or horny AF… and I’m inclined to think the later.