[yholio]

I wouldn't equate looks with desirability, for men it's much more complex because women have complex expectations, and that's exactly why men maintain and even enhance their desirability with age.

That being said, the desirable men are either committed (unavailable) or available because they can hop and choose to do so. So only a minority of desirable men are available. This is in strict contrast with the large majority of young women, who can almost always hop relationships should they so choose. Since overall there needs to be gender equilibrium, females are sliced by age to a much larger degree, allowing the minority of desirable men of all ages to pursue the minority of younger women.

The asimetry is caused by the fact that females are selective and males are partner-maximizing. It's not good or bad, it's a sociological truth.

[watwut]

No, it is not that easy to find desirable men for large majority of young women. No, women can not hop relationships as easily as you seem to believe.

Also real sociologists do not claim what you claim. They have a lot more nuance into it and in terms of marriages, talk a lot a lot more about economy and it's affects.

Your version sounds like something that emerges on chat when people cherry pick half understood studies, not what sociologists says.

[jf-]

YMMV there. This is assuming that everyone is the same and these are absolutes, they are not. Every trait is a distribution.