And if you factor in wanting a "good" man - i.e. one who didn't fool around too much and was a good provider and didn't beat you too often - it makes the pool even smaller, thus making women even more competitive for those top slots. And factoring in the historical restrictions on unmarried women making any living or owning property, and realizing that it was pretty much "get married or live with Mom forever if she lets you"... things get ugly and desperate and tragic.
Sadly, I don't seem to be able to prove the opposite, that losing about 15 IQ points makes you more attractive. Then again, there's the wheelchair, I think we'd need someone with a more pure IQ-only loss that didn't affect their physical stats for proof...
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Date: 2007-11-14 09:54 pm (UTC)Sadly, I don't seem to be able to prove the opposite, that losing about 15 IQ points makes you more attractive. Then again, there's the wheelchair, I think we'd need someone with a more pure IQ-only loss that didn't affect their physical stats for proof...