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Re:Public-Health Puzzle: Young People Having Less Sex, Contr... by tibiapejagala on Saturday October 19, 2019 @03:15PM (#21300167)
Attractiveness is constant, but how it is perceived might have shifted. I vaguely remember that OkCupid did some "study" that men rate most woman around average attractiveness and the distribution is symmetric, but women rate most men as below average attractiveness and the distribution is skewed towards unattractive.

The post seems to be gone though.

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Re:Public-Health Puzzle: Young People Having Less Sex, Contr... by big_chungus on Saturday October 19, 2019 @03:44PM (#21300341)
Archived copy; very telling: http://web.archive.org/web/20170307114500/https://theblog.ok...
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Re:Public-Health Puzzle: Young People Having Less Sex, Contr... by ronnier on Saturday October 19, 2019 @03:19PM (#21300181)
The data was so damning the purged it, basically it said there’s no reason for most men to be on dating sites, which works against Okcupids best interest. There are mirrors.
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Re:Public-Health Puzzle: Young People Having Less Sex, Contr... by repolfx on Sunday October 20, 2019 @05:03AM (#21303008)
It didn't say that actually. Whilst men may be nearly all rated as less attractive than average by women (lol), women are still more likely to message less attractive men than men are women. So men can use dating sites, especially if they're willing to hit on average looking women, they'll just have to put up with a partner who is convinced she compromised physically.
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