According to evolutionary psychologists as well as the cultural main stream, men are going for sensually attractive women, while women are going for men who can provide them safety
This isn’t the evolutionary psychology position or the mainstream cultural position.
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 ;-)
This isn’t the evolutionary psychology position or the mainstream cultural position.
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.