All women can bear children. So even though that is the reason men take on a life long liability when they marry a woman, it is not a metric by which women can be graded on. >“Beauty” is mens’ instinctive judgement of women’s fitness to bear their children, nothing more. WTF do you mean "nothing more". That's a huge fucking deal. And it's not just the ability to bear children, it is the quality of her genes. The quality of children you can produce with her. What could be more important? Obviously if all you can choose from are bad choices then you have to settle, but that's not a valid argument for anything. That men would have to settle for lack of beauty does NOT in any way diminish the value of beauty. Beauty is a huge asset for men and women, and passing that on to your children is a big deal.