Why Beautiful Women Marry Less Attractive Men

http://www.livescience.com/health/080410-couples-beauty.html

by kareemm • 16 years ago

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thrill• 16 years ago

to give us hope ...

andrewl-hn• 16 years ago

Well, that might be true. My previous relationship didn't work out and at the time we started dating I've being considered more attractive than my partner. Now things are quite opposite. My new SO is much more attractive than I am and so far everything seems great for us.

noelchurchill• 16 years ago

Lloyd: "What are the chances of a guy like you and a girl like me hooking up"

Mary: "Not good"

Lloyd: "Not good as in 1 in 100?"

Mary: "I'd say more like 1 in a million"

Lloyd: "So you're saying there is a chance? Yeahhhh!"

LiteOn• 16 years ago

money

rudin• 16 years ago

I would argue there is some selection bias going on here. If we assume that both sexes are trying to maximise their evolutionary fitness then a beautiful woman marrying a less attractive man would indicate there are other factors involved. Money is the most obvious, and despite anecdotes against it, money has shown to have a positive correlation with happiness.

zeynel1• 16 years ago

''Men are very sensitive to women's attractiveness. Women seem to be sensitive to men's height and salary''

if this is true women are more scientific thinking in this respect - they are looking at 2 well-defined measurable quantities -height and -salary -- men look for -attractiveness that cannot be defined or measured

crpatino• 16 years ago

Optimal strategy for men is to procreate as many children as possible. Beauty is a rough proxy for health. In a prehistoric setting, young beautiful women should procreate more healthy children than older uglier ones.

Since women cannot just procreate that many babies, their optimal strategy is to nurture and care for the ones they have, with as much help from the father as possible. In a prehistoric setting, wealthier men should make better providers and taller men should make better protectors.

It is all evolution.

Why Beautiful Women Marry Less Attractive Men

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