On: The Declining Hotness of Flight Attendants

[krolley]

I don't understand. As a man, would I prefer to be served by a hot man or an ugly man. Honestly, I don't really care. I can't say the same thing for women, however.

[nck4222 → krolley]

It's more subtle than that. Studies have shown that babies prefer gazing at attractive faces rather than average faces.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3631018.stm

[spodek → krolley]

Here's another way to look at it...

Cosmopolitan magazine is bought almost exclusively by women.

Cosmopolitan magazine always has women on the cover and they are always attractive.

The point is that not only men are motivated by attractive women to spend money.

Your analogy to men is less relevant because attractiveness in men depends less on physical appearance.