With the trap set, the researchers found that when the attractive profile expressed interest in the women, they were likely to bat their eyes back, with more than two-thirds of the women interested in meeting said hotties. Notably, the women were almost as eager to meet the homely guy when both types of men expressed interest. But once the attractive men rejected the women, they not only lost interest in ever seeing him again, but his less comely counterpart too. Even when the unattractive men were interested, less than a quarter of women were keen to meet them if the sting of the attractive men’s rejection was fresh in their minds. They were also more likely to insult the unattractive men’s romantic and physical qualities. And though it might go without saying, there was no similar effect seen when women were rejected by an ugly suitor but accepted by a cutie.
