Verdict? It’s true, but something a lot of women don’t like to hear, so naturally she’s catching a lot of flack….
An “unfeminist” truth we should tell young women: “Even if you aren’t all that beautiful, you are likely be seen as pretty or even hot in your 20s (by virtue of your youth). So ESPECIALLY if you aren’t all that beautiful, this would be a wise time to focus on partnering up.”
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) December 15, 2018
It’s an evolved adaptation for men to prefer young, fertile women. If ancestral men had sex with old women, they would not have left descendants with their genes. https://t.co/kEvuJbsKQO
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) December 16, 2018
Trending: He Watched 9 Guys Run a Train On Her & Then Later Married Her
So telling women how to have their best shot at getting into a relationship – per the realities from the science on mate preferences – is a mean & horrible thing? It’s better to keep them in the dark and let them figure it out for themselves at 38 when they are pining for a baby? https://t.co/b73cPEUH4Z
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) December 16, 2018
Love this — telling women what a mountain of data reflects (so they can use findings about how the world is rather than how it ought to be) to shape their choices is a “shitty” thing to do, per our friend, the seething secular fundamentalist. https://t.co/5vLrBAOeZt
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) December 15, 2018
Here’s what happens when you tell the unfeminist truth. pic.twitter.com/Usb25Zyy1M
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) December 15, 2018
Is there evidence that supports what she’s saying? Well, yeah….
Men are nasty https://t.co/P8OSR7Qo4x pic.twitter.com/pob2Yfu0sR
— Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi) August 20, 2016
Saying that a woman’s biggest asset is her looks and those looks typically reach their peak when she’s young and go downhill from there may be politically incorrect, but it has the benefit of being true. What women chose to do with that information is up to them, but it doesn’t become less true because it’s not something every woman wants to hear.
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