People typically think they’re slightly-above-average looking, almost regardless of how others actually perceive then. Funny.

that's why Kevin Samuels used to say "you can't say 7" after he'd ask them to rate themselves out of 10.

@datepsych Probably similar for many traits

I don't think Ex Hotness is a reliable tell. I've seen lots of Women choose less attractive mates & Women are more often guilted for not choosing personality over looks. It is celebrated for Men choose a partner based on looks but discouraged in Women to do it.

I didn't look into it, but this reminds me of the Dunning–Kruger effect...which is probably an artifact because of ceiling and floor effects + overconfidence. Did they check this?

Is this true for both sexes? Or do we see any differences?

@VivienneBenet Men tend to overrate themselves more in some studies, but this may just be because men are more often unattractive.

@datepsych Most english/irish women are more attracted to Latin medditeranian men than their own men

I think that looking at your history is a bad idea if you haven’t dated for marriage before, because in those kind of relationships women date up. So if a women dated for ONS all her life she would prob be dating men more attractive then her options for LTRs

The only ugly guys that know they're ugly are incels.

Yes majority of women