“A second way in which desirability discrepancies create mating conflict centers not on men’s misperceptions but rather on the hard, cruel fact mentioned earlier – men view many women as “above threshold” in attractiveness, but women tend to be attracted primarily to men in the top twentieth percentile.”

“A second way in which desirability discrepancies create mating conflict centers not on men’s misperceptions but rather on the hard, cruel fact mentioned earlier – men view many women as “above threshold” in attractiveness, but women tend to be attracted primarily to men in the top twentieth percentile.”

— David M. Buss