Why do women find a majority (something like 80%) of men unattractive?

[Anonymous]

It just seems crazy. It's like if there's 10 guys lined up, girls find 8 of them ugly... Can you imagine if men found 80% of women unattractive?

[Tractorbeam]

Here are some survey results from another site:

81% of women found less than 25% of men attractive.
10.6% of women found 25% -50% of men attractive.
4.26% of women found 50% -75% of men attractive.

57% of men found less than 25% of women to be sexually attractive.
18% of men found 25%- 50% of women attractive.
15.6% of men found 50% -75% of women attractive.

Here's a link to the women's survey. www.city-data.com/.../...male-population-do-4.html
On the right hand side, you'll find another link to the men's survey.

If you find yourself in the lower 75% of physical attractiveness, 19% of women might still be interested, but 43% of men would be interested.

[GymBumGuy]

if that were true don't you think there would be a lot more single guys and research is not always reliable because its only done on a small portion of people
and you have all the x factors to take in to account

[Asker]

there ARE a lot of single guys

[GymBumGuy]

not 80% of all guys maybe 50-60% but i have seen basic looking guys with girls so i don't think its true

[summerphoenix]

I'd be curious where you got these statistics because they sound like bull! The fact is girls find different things in a man attractive we don't have a universal agreement on which guys are hot or not. So saying women find 80% of guys unattractive sounds like sheer nonsense.

[Asker]

blog.okcupid.com/.../

There you go

[summerphoenix]

Those statistics are based off individuals using online dating so not representative of all women. The fact is people who use online dating are doing so because they have failed to find someone in normal life suggests they probably have higher standards than the majority of women.

[cosplayfood]

Most relationships are soon to be started online. This is going to be bad for society.

[booboobear83]

Some women are really shallow I would rather get to know someone first. Of course I have a type I find attractive but that can all fade to nothing if his attitude and the way he talks to people put me off.

[spuitkaas]

I think you misinterpreted that. We don't think 80% is ugly, just not smoking hot. We might find 20% really attractive, but that doesn't mean all the others are ugly.

[Amplify]

Why only 20% though?

[spuitkaas]

@Amplify no idea man. Why don't you find only 20% of the women attractive? Indeed, because it is what it is. It's more that women think that 20% is like 'Damn he's hot'. The others are like 'he's alright' or 'he looks fine'.

[whattupupstuffimruff]

@Amplify If you want to become a part of the top 20%, you can do it, just work on improving yourself and don't be a lazy cunt. Almost any guy who works hard enough can be very attractive. Most guys just don't try that hard at life.

[Amplify]

It sounded good until you said cunt. Then I pretty much threw it all away.

[spuitkaas]

@whattupupstuffimruff yes, finally a guy who gets it! Charisma can take a average looking guy to a 9/10. Really.

[martyfellow]

Girls care only about status and money, for the most part, if we're talking about the USA, and only a small percentage of guys have those things. I would say it's more like 90% of guys...

[matheus_mb]

This question would make an interesting social experiment...

[Mesonfielde]

I can imagine that, I'm not attracted to most women.

[Bandit74]

@kheserthorpe posted a pretty interesting/well thought out analysis of that statistic...

www.girlsaskguys.com/.../a8397-do-women-only-find-20-of-men-attractive

[ScruffyNerfHerder]

Dude, use links for stats if you want people to engage in a discussion--and don't make them fetch. Otherwise you come across as an untrustworthy whiner. Provide a link.

Like this one:
blog.okcupid.com/.../

Maybe update your question with that.

[Bysshe]

That does actually support what he's saying... Interesting reading anyway. @Asker you should include the link in an update, it supports your case.

[YazanAA]

Lol it seems that the situation is fucked up.

[Afrochick]

That is BS but slightly believable LOL

[blondfrog]

Where did you get that information from?

[sandy_butt_cheeks]

I don't know why do men find 80% of women unattractive?

[Poppykate]

I think that the stats would be closer to 90%. Many psychological studies have shown that men placed more importance in physical appearance when choosing a partner, than women do.

[sandy_butt_cheeks]

That's the damn truth

[TheSpartan]

Well, it's not necessarily that they find 80% of men "unattractive". It is that they find 80% of men average or below average; even then, this data is based on OkCupid women--and they aren't representative of the entire female population.

[koko124]

Because female animals never evolved an inherently necessary sex drive.

Male animals generally had sex whenever they pleased, so those with higher sex drives had more intercourse, and thus fathered more children, who in turn had their high sex drive trait.

Female animals did not have this fitness advantage with regard to sex drive, because the reproductive potential of females is so low that both high sex drive and low sex drive females would have been having roughly the same amount of children.

The reproductively fit high sex drive males passed their genes on more often, and the future desired sex from females even more.

You can see this dynamic in action if you ever observe wild bison, giraffes, elephants, or visit your local bar.

[Anonymous]

Well guys need to try to look better then

[Anonymous]

Because in the past women wanted the guys with the most resources. Now thanks to that behavior the large majority of guys are ugly

[Anonymous]

For evolutionary reasons. When want only the sperm from the men with the best genes, whereas men want to pass on their genes to as many women as possible. We fancy pretty well all fertile women, they are more selective as they carry the baby.

[Opinion Owner]

*Women want

[Anonymous]

Oh my god! Not again these absolutely ridiculous numbers some unlucky guy made up to explain why he didn't get pussy.

This is bullshit

[Asker]

It's been researched go look it up

[Opinion Owner]

It's bullshit and not trustworthy. Do you believe everything you read online?

[Asker]

It's not bullshit, as a guy I witness it every day in reality

[Opinion Owner]

You as a one guy cannot say for sure that only 20% of guys are attractive to girls. You might not be popular but that doesn't mean 80% of guys are unattractive. And being attractive is much more than just looks. I personally find like 50% of guys good-looking. And even more attractive because guys who are funny, kind and artistic become more attracrive in my eyes.

[Anonymous]

So where did that percentage come from? Those women probably are just really cocky and think they are more beautiful by the Hollywood shallow standards not the inner self beauty standards (although if they think like that they're butt ugly on the inside) than they really are. I can't say for sure because I don't remember where I heard it but most women try and get a guy that's a league above their own. They like to date upwards. not downwards or even horizontally in the attractive department.

[Anonymous]

I only find 20% of women attractive.

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