> males clearly rate females in a normal-distribution way, females highly skew it in favor of the more attractive males. Yes. But males messaging females ske

> males clearly rate females in a normal-distribution way, females highly skew it in favor of the more attractive males. Yes. But males messaging females skew highly in favour of the more attractive females, while females messages males do so in a normal-distributed way. So when OP asks "Why does it appear that the vast majority of women prefer the same small group of men?" the answer is simple: It's actually the other way around. 2/3 of men (a "vast majority") are messaging 1/3 of women (a "small group"). Women do not exhibit this behaviour. Those are the facts we are presented with. Anything else is, as you put it, "mental gymnastics".