Were they really though?
Again, for decades there has been a lot of research that's shown the favourable bias' of today were just as prevalent back in "the good ol' days".
I find it hard to believe that people value the other positive traits one can have any less than they ever did.
Like I said: Social Media and dating apps make it so that you don't even have to meet the person before passing judgement.
The movie stars, the athletes, the musicians, etc. far back were always attractive and set "the gold standard" and that hasn't changed.
If someone thinks you look creepy or whatever at the job interview, they just didn't call you back.
There were almost no waitresses in Vegas 30 years ago who were anything less than a 9 by my understanding from people who were there in the 60s - 80s.
It's the same as it ever was. It's just that now, rather than not getting the job after the interview, you just don't even get the interview because they already creeped your Instagram.
Are "blind dates" even a thing anymore? No. Everyone uses f*****g Tinder and guns for the hottest one they think they can get.
Times have definitely changed. If image used to be 50% of the formula its now become 80%. No one had a weird obsession with getting a particular physique in the 60's, or having the ideal jawline, lip fillers etc ...
You don't need research to come to conclusions that are common sense from actually living and socialising. Life isn't a game of being a 6/10 so you therefor are destined to end up with a 6/10 because an evolutionary study suggests that men are just trying to spread their genes amongst the best looking women, and women are just accepting of perfect men for their perfect ideal offspring... that is f*****g ridiculous and ignores every other social stimuli going .
If anyone thinks that you have to be some 9 or 10 to even be considered by certain 'better' looking people then they've probably got some serious image issues stemming from their younger years when they must have felt for whatever reason very inadequate.
The vast majority of incredibly good looking woman i know is typically married to a pretty ordinary looking not that special guy (physically). For women (men too but men are more shallow) emotional attributes, humour, and personality in general play a far far greater role in what is desirable for a life partner.
Some people on this forum have got a serious hang up about physical attraction and not feeling like they look good enough, but what i've noticed about these people is more often than not, they're somewhat reclusive and have never even had a single girlfriend or active social life - so no doubt they think up these ideas to such an extent.
These same people will also realise when/if they ever get a head of hair they're comfortable with these issues they've dreamt up will still remain because they're success in life socially or otherwise is far more governed by what they're like as actual people.