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Choosy Maters

 

Most men do not meet human female standards. According to stats from OKCupid, women rate 85 percent of men on dating sites below average in attractiveness. That’s a frost-brewed, cold, harsh dose of reality right there! But then they date them anyway, right? If not, there’d be a much higher percentage of people, male and female both, without partners. For example, I myself am not a top 15 percenter in attractiveness but I have managed to consensually propagate my genetic material to future generations. Of course, my intelligence and wit are off the charts so that helps, I think. Female humans are unlike female chimps, their closest animal counterpart, in this regard. Female chimps are not choosy maters. Read more →