It’s a very fine line to tread because a guy can be deep, emotionally mature, and intellectual but if he’s not attractive he doesn’t get the opportunity to show those qualities. If men adjusted how they approach and women adjust what they respond to (to better reflect the sentiment of the post) I’m sure we’d all be happier but neither side wants to change first when we both need to be changing together.
i agree there has to be some physical attraction, but conventionally attractive (what society finds attractive) is different from subjectively attractive (what an individual finds attractive). i def have my own physical biases, but they aren’t considered a universal fact. i oftentimes find myself altering those biases the more i get to know a guy to reflect the physical characteristics of that guy, inducing more than surface level physical attraction.
looks matter for everyone, i think that’s been well established. the question is how much do looks truly matter in the grand scheme of a truly loving relationship? a guy could be the most handsome or rich man in the world and i still wouldn’t find it worthwhile if i seem like nothing more than something nice to touch and look at. humans are more than our physical characteristics, we wouldn’t have evolved language if having deep, intuitive understanding of each other wasn’t important.
I mean are men supposed to be happy when we are treated as ATMs, ridiculed on social media, have double standards used on us, have everything taken away in a divorce including kids, false accusations of sexual harassment, sexually harassed and assaulted when no one believes us or takes it seriously, blamed for problems we didn’t even do, have our emotions and secrets used against us even when we open up, have the highest suicide rate of any sex and no one cares? I can go on.