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The study has been taken down for a long time now but OkCupid found that 80 percent of women went for 20 percent of men whereas men had a relatively normal distribution of women they went for.

This was a long time ago as well and I think the situation has gotten worse in the age of tinder and friends.

This is a summary of the article: https://techcrunch.com/2009/11/18/okcupid-inbox-attractive/



Huh. It says the literal opposite:

"Some of the conclusions aren’t surprising. The “most attractive” women receive five times as many messages as the average female does, with 2/3 of all male messages going to the top 1/3 of women. And women tend to favor the most attractive men, though the ratio is less extreme."




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