Dating site determines ugly women get more guys than pretty ones
By Ray RahmanJanuary 11th, 2011, 10:32 amComments (30)
"If someone doesn't think you're hot, the next best thing for them to think is that you're ugly." That's what your buddies at OkCupid have deduced after some conducting research on how female attractiveness affects ladies' success at online dating.
Attractiveness, in this case, is defined by how consistently a range of men find a woman visually appealing. That led to this garish finding:
So in other words, the more dudes think you're ugly, the better your chances are at scoring a date. And if you're merely agreeably attractive, you're fucked.
You see that, cute girls? Ugly girls are greater than you. You can check out OkCupid's complete report for more possible explanations as to why you're still single.
Commentarium (30 Comments)
Is THAT why I've had no luck on there? I suppose I should be flattered.. or something.
makes sense to me. ever been to a party? pretty girls and less-than-pretty girls get taken home...the average ones go home together. the way of the world.
Ok Cupid is terrible
This is about the stereotype that unattractive women have to put out to get attention from guys. Reminds me of the joke about two guys go to a sleazy pick-up bar the first one knows,and he says to the second one, "I'm going to find the second-ugliest woman in this bar and hit on her." "Why's that?" asks the second one. "Because every other guy in here is hitting on the ugliest."
It makes sense, especially looking at the pic of the girl on the right...most likely when guys disagree about a girl that strongly it probably has more to do with her style than her actual face. I have a lot of tattoos and while some guys think it makes me hot, there are others that say it makes me ugly. If I was wearing plain makeup and clothes that covered the tattoos I would probably just fall into the "cute" category.
reminds me of college:kids on the rugby team were all about going ugly early to make sure they got laid.
Ugly girls give better head.
I'd hypothesize that what gets a girl noticed is "standing out." Imagine a guy online, searching profiles. He scans pics one after the other. Most girls blend together. It's not that he rejects them, he just "misses" them because they don't grab his attention. I've had this happen, as a director, choosing actors to audition from head shots. I've scanned over a hundred images, saving the ones that grab me, who could be a physical fit for the character I'm casting. There have been times that I've gone back over the ones I "rejected" the first time through, and suddenly notice that there are an additional one or two who were perfect, but I totally missed them because I scanned right past them. I didn't even remember seeing them. Their shots were not unique enough, dramatic enough, etc for my eye to pause on them long enough to really take in what I was looking at. Upon a second, third or fourth (often slower) scan, I was able to recognize and process them. Super hot girls stand out. Ugly girls stand out. Unique girls, with tats, unusual features, strange-angle shots, etc will make a guy's eyes stop and register her, unlike the hundreds of cute "normal" girls who get passed over.
I agree with smileyface at 11:25am--people with a distinctive look draw strong reactions, either positive or negative. I doubt it's that these girls are ugly--it's probably that some men find them off-putting.
Sometimes what’s considered attractive to some people is an exaggeration of certain features. However, not everyone will find it attractive. I think that’s where some of the discrepancy comes in.
Am I the only one who doesn't understand why they chose the photo on the main News page for an article on so-called ugly women?
I have no idea why Hooksexup's tone is so angry about this. Like the very idea is preposterous: how dare ugly girls get laid more than cute girls!
Although I think in practice, yes, as people have said, it's probably more about very distinctive "types" that register as ugly to some but really click with others. Heavily modded people, certain ethnic groups, and certain body types often get that kind of starkly divided response.
If you actually read the original article, it's really interesting. It has to do with the distribution of responses - whether or not people have strong reactions to you or not (kind of like what Murg said). Also, the idea that if a girl is perceived as just sort-of attractive to a guy, but has a sort of "cute"/"average" look that he assumes a lot of other guys will find attractive, he is significantly less likely to message her.
In my opinion, you also have to factor in the chance most guys feel they have of picking up a cute / hot girl... you're much more likely to get a positive response from an ugly girl - and if they don't reply, hell, they're ugly anyway... who cares?
The girl on the right is hot!
There is something to the story. On a popular dating website I joined I just assumed that the classically "hot" looking women would get so inundated with responses that I just brushed over their profiles. Personally I am much more attracted to a plain jane woman than a glamorous model type anyways so maybe that has something to do with it but even they rarely replied to me so I got so fed up with the lack of dates using the online site that I quit after the membership ended. Came to the realization its ok to be alone and live my life happily without a woman.
women can be ugly mediocre etc and still get all the sex from the men they want.
its men who have to be attractive, confident and charming to get it.
Guys like sex.
A lot
Enough so that they will happily sleep with ugly chicks.
Women like sex too - so they say, tho most men don't see the evidence of this - but what they won't do is happily sleep with an average guy and certainly not with a below average guy....
Stop decrying that blokes are sexist or whatever and accept that we want sex more than you and we will find ways to get it without having to marry, buy you houses, rings, cloths, look after your children and keep you all safe and comfortable - we just want the sex thank you.
So put out or piss off and stop whinging.
Reading the underlying study, the conclusion that being ugly to some people makes you more desired is a distortion. Saying that some girl's have niche appeal expresses the data better.
E.g., guys into hippie chicks will score a hippie chick high. However, there are only so many guys into hippie chicks.
Concluding from this headline to try to be ugly to score more messages is probably not going to work.
I'm really lazy and pretty women are usually high maintenance, I thought it was that simple..maybe it's time to go and over analyze.
if a women has an ugly face no guy will want to have sex with her guys only want sex with pretty ones
i am tired of hearing how ugly women can get sex this is not true if a women is ugly no guy will have sex with her guys only want pretty women i am tired of hearing just because your a women its easy to get sex no its not if your pretty then yes its easy for a women to get sex but if your an ugly female you cant get sex
your going to tell me an ugly women get more guys than pretty ones lol i dont think so
i can tell you right now ugly women do not get more guys than pretty ones pretty women get all the guys
how can an ugly women be easy she never gets sex guys only date and try to get the pretty ones in bed and ignores the ugly ones guys dont try to get ugly women in bed
pretty women are the ones that get all the sex and the ugly women will they never get sex
i have read how an ugly guy cant get sex this is not true beause if some ugly women offered them sex they would turn it down ugly guys want pretty women not ugly ones
ugly women cant get sex from ugly men or goodlooking men because men are to picky and a women can lower her standards and still not get sex
thats so not true ugly does not work for a women men are not going to chase an ugly women
an ugly women cant get boyfriends only the pretty women get boyfriends
I think that guys find it hard to approach pretty girls so go for more friendly, average looking girls or for unattractive girls as they want to increase their chances of 'scoring' for the night and they don't want to work too hard for the pretty woman, so is their assumption. As a result, pretty women are less successful as guys make assumptions about them before even talking to them and assume they're going to be rejected.
Now you say something