Mainstream culture says that women also care a great deal about physical attractiveness, sense of humor, etc.
Evolutionary psychology also demonstrates that women care a lot about attractiveness and that both men and women have other criteria (some of which are context-dependent).
Of course they do and that’s why I wrote “plus other things we don’t need to get into here”. The point is the beauty-fixation of men which nobody has yet denied. Drethelin even suggests it is so inert that it cannot be changed ;-)
I thought it was. Could you explain what you mean?
Mainstream culture says that women also care a great deal about physical attractiveness, sense of humor, etc.
Evolutionary psychology also demonstrates that women care a lot about attractiveness and that both men and women have other criteria (some of which are context-dependent).
Of course they do and that’s why I wrote “plus other things we don’t need to get into here”. The point is the beauty-fixation of men which nobody has yet denied. Drethelin even suggests it is so inert that it cannot be changed ;-)
You could have made the point that men care a lot about beauty without asserting anything about what women care about.
When talking about a charged topic like human sexuality it makes sense to avoid platitudes and instead focus on the point that you want to make.