Interesting study, thanks for sharing. I’m genuinely curious — what percentage of women did men find attractive? Also, do you know whether the 20% of men that women found more attractive were always the SAME men? I wouldn’t assume that to be the case. For instance, I know that the men I’d personally rate as most attractive would be wildly different from the men each of my friends would rate as most attractive. People have individual tastes. If individual women were each attracted to 20% of the men they were shown, it would be interesting to know how much overlap there was between each woman’s 20%. Do you see what I mean?
On another note, based on my experience as a woman (or more importantly, as a human), I can attest that it happens pretty often that I’ll find someone attractive in person who I wouldn’t have immediately been attracted to if I’d just been shown a photo of them. That’s just how human attraction works. It’s never solely based on appearance, so it’s extremely difficult to truly assess attraction using a dating app. Many men have that experience too. Humans are meant to form bonds and attraction in the flesh, not through a screen. So maybe the solution to all these dating problems both men and women face is that we should all move away from using dating apps, not that we should pin the blame on 50% of humanity, whether it’s men or women.