From here:

I've been searching for a relationship for some time but I don't meet many men whom I find good-looking - and looks are important to me. I see many more attractive women than men. Do men have more choice when it comes to good-looking partners?

Y'gotta see Dr Luisa Dillner's answer:

At the risk of sexual stereotyping, women may still make more of an effort when they go out, and hence seem better-looking. However, evolutionary psychologists think there's some evidence that there really are more beautiful women than gorgeous-looking men in the world. This fits with the Trivers-Willard hypothesis that says parents who have any inheritable trait that is good for a particular sex will have more children of that sex. So tall, strong fathers would have more sons because hunter-gatherers do better if they are bigger. Women who are young, not too tall, with symmetrical facial features and normal body weight (women forever get it wrong about men wanting size zero girlfriends) are more likely to have girls because these factors are associated with fertility. In short, men like women to have above average looks but to be average in other areas. Women (and I am just repeating the evidence) go for looks in the short-term, and money - as well as good communication skills and a sense of humour - in the long-term.

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