Ladies: what % of men are you attracted to?

I have wanted to try this question out for awhile. its not an easy one to answer but am very curious at how broadly or narrowly women see men - physically. there is the oft-repeated "women only find the top 20% of men attractive" and other claims. have become too curious as to whether there is a real answer to the question

so note the first qualifier - I'm essentially asking you to imagine a random selection of men, none of which you know - what portion of them would you find physically attractive? a couple more suggestions --

i. try not to mix in the effects of age. i.e. I'm asking the question from the standpoint of men in their physical prime. men in their 20s or 30s, say.

ii. take care to avoid self-selected groups of individuals - e.g. the men your friends dated when you were single or that you dated. It's too easy to end up evaluating a group that is atypical of the norm.

so it's tough but e.g. a high school yearbook might be a good tool for this, if you have one from your senior year. you would go through and count the number of individuals that meet or exceed your attractiveness threshold. trying to be as honest as possible if it was a person you knew. what number do you come up with?

e.g. I've tried this vis-a-vis women and come up with a number around 40% (attractive vs no).

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