[mellowdream]

>And if you think this isn’t accurate, just think about how a rich, single, old, but ugly man would fare far better romantically than a rich, single, old, but ugly woman.

And speaking of the whole article more generally - Isn't all of this because of basic evolutionary psychology, and intuitively fairly obvious? Roughly speaking men seek beauty wrt neoteny and fertility, whereas women are more forgiving about appearances so long as men have status and can provide for a family. This isn't a new phenomenon, and even pervades many cultural mythologies.

[nicolashahn]

It seems that when you try to talk about evolutionary psychology in relation to gender inequality outside HN it usually doesn't go so well. Still trying to articulate exactly why that is.