It seems that any discussion of specific genders brings this out of some people.<p>The problem is, there IS a double standard, as evidenced in many places, including this OKCupid blog post that was replied to me: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.okcupid.com&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;your-looks-and-online-dating&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.okcupid.com&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;your-looks-and-online-dati...</a><p>That said, generalizing correlations of ANYTHING to gender and then trying to ACT on that, is, generally, a bad idea (just as it is to correlate with race or ethnicity or age or pretty much any other physical attribute).