@simotshkasobased: Cherry-picking dating app data from 2009 isn’t science. Peer-reviewed research generally supports assortative mating (matching hypothesis), meaning people tend to form relationships with partners of similar attractiveness. There is also actual evidence (not OkCupid charts) that men, on average, place somewhat more emphasis on youth and physical attractiveness than women do. Human attraction is far more nuanced than internet hypergamy narratives