Again, different meanings of "average": median attractiveness vs. balanced, symmetrical facial features. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averageness http://en.wiki

Again, different meanings of "average": median attractiveness vs. balanced, symmetrical facial features. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averageness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averageness Also, if you believe OKCupid Trends, "2/3 of male messages go to the top 1/3 of women" and "women rate an incredible 80% of guys as worse-looking than medium": http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-looks-and-online-dating/ http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-looks-and-online-dati... (Says nothing about what they think about the people they eventually end up with, of course.)