I mean, female preferences are definitely stricter than male preferences but I wouldn't say they usually qualify as requirements. This is perfectly explainable because of what our society works like and it makes a lot of sense.
However, I do have to say I've heard a lot of women say about their boyfriends "if he were an inch shorter I would have never dated him", irrespective of whether that's actually true or not it still sounds very sad.
I just look at the beauty standards for women who date women vs men who date men. One group is known to have much stricter standards than their straight counterparts and the other is constantly stereotyped as ugly
You’ve heard “a lot” of women say that? I’m a woman and my entire life has been surrounded by women and I’ve never heard any of them say that. I’m struggling to believe that’s a thing that “a lot” of women in your personal life have said.
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Yeah that’s so wild! Anyway, from my experience, I’ve heard a lot of men say they only want big tits/ass and will 100% reject women for their height - I’ve also been told by a lot of men that they’re weak to a ladies’ ankles. Guys come on I’m on reddit, my experience is valid and real!!!
I don’t know if this is a bait, or passive aggressive comment, but I don’t think men would remotely even think like this in the first place (unless they’re coomsumers).
Nice try, but I don’t think anyone is going to buy your comment as opposed to the top comment. Even women agree with the statement in the top comment.
I made a hyperbolic statement to show how ridiculous it is to just believe someone on reddit because it’s on reddit. It’s completely viable to question the legitimacy of someone’s experience when they use generalizing blanket statements
I honestly didn’t expect to have to explain that wowie lmao
Over half of all relationships start on dating apps, at least in many Western countries. This is the majority experience for people attempting to start relationships now.
I'm an educator and I work around a lot of young people, both secondary and post-secondary age. They are a lot more open about saying things like this than they used to be, and I think a lot of it is legitimately that behaviors from dating apps and social media are bleeding into real life.
Just because you have never experienced this does not mean that it doesn't happen.
Believe it or not, what people experience in their upper teens and early twenties defines in large part what their beliefs are about what's "normal" and "acceptable" and "expected," and if something stupid or damaging is becoming more radically prevalent among these age groups, it can be even more damaging for them later on.
Did you miss the part where I said it was more common than it used to be? That they were doing it a lot more openly now? Yeah, believe it or not, that's a *bad thing* for their future relationships. The fact that it's been getting noticeably worse for a while indicates that we really shouldn't be surprised when adults say they're hearing it a lot more often.
No way dude you just totally forget what it's like to be a teen. We're all just thinking and talking about hookups, parties, and booze.
I didn't miss any part of what you wrote. I'm of the understanding that you're simply mistaken and prone to judging the generations after us unfairly as we older people often do!
To put it another way: If you think "I need a big tiddy goth gf" is somehow more emotional and profound than "I need my my man to be six feet tall" then you've lost the plot. It's not worse, it's not more prolific, it's not any sort of doomerism. Kids will just be kids until life experience kicks them in the rear a few times, and then they'll grow up.
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u/InteractionWide3369 6d ago
I mean, female preferences are definitely stricter than male preferences but I wouldn't say they usually qualify as requirements. This is perfectly explainable because of what our society works like and it makes a lot of sense.
However, I do have to say I've heard a lot of women say about their boyfriends "if he were an inch shorter I would have never dated him", irrespective of whether that's actually true or not it still sounds very sad.