There seems to be a large divergence between women&#x27;s spoken preferences and observed preferences. It&#x27;s like my very sympathetic female friend who says she would date a short guy, while she never has. My sister says plenty of women like asian men, while she has only dated white men. Women roundly ridicule men&#x27;s shirtless photos on dating sites, except OkCupid showed that these photos attract women very effectively: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.okcupid.com&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;the-4-big-myths-of-profile-pictures&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.okcupid.com&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;the-4-big-myths-of-profile...</a>. Even Brene Brown discovered that while women spoke of their desire for a sensitive, vulnerable man, in reality they were actually repulsed by it: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quora.com&#x2F;Why-are-some-women-repulsed-by-male-vulnerability-as-discovered-by-Brené-Brown" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quora.com&#x2F;Why-are-some-women-repulsed-by-male-vu...</a>. I could go on. I think there&#x27;s some toxic puritanism that makes women feel compelled to act as the &quot;fairer,&quot; more virtuous and less carnal gender. But the data show that women want big, strong, virile men to lean on to this day.