Are physical attractiveness and height more important than personality in dating and relationships?

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You're dodging. You haven't actually said what you believe yet. Do you think attractiveness matters *more* than personality, or less? State your position so I can dismantle it properly.

Attractivness and height matters more then pesroanlity because of psychology and the halo effect

The halo effect cuts both ways, though. Charisma and humor create the same cognitive bias—people find attractive personalities physically attractive. Why assume the visual halo is stronger than the social one?

Personality is only attractive when the person you are talking to is physically your type.

Wrong. People routinely fall for those outside their "type" through conversation alone. Your claim requires personality to be *secondary*, but you just proved it's the activation mechanism. Which one actually changes minds?

Generally speaking according to the statistics, surveys and the hypergamy, actually shows how looks and height are fundemnetally what women find the most attractive.

Statistics on *initial* attraction aren't the same as relationship success. Show me the data proving looks predict long-term commitment better than personality does. You're conflating first impression with actual choice.

For a relationship to even start requires one to actually be enough phsycailly for the relationship to even start otherwise every women would find every man attractive

You're confusing necessary with sufficient. Physical attraction gets you in the door, but personality determines if anyone stays. Why does divorce happen to beautiful people constantly if looks were the deciding factor?

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Divorce rates for attractive couples match overall rates, around 50%. Beauty doesn't predict staying power. Name one long-term relationship where personality actually mattered *less* than the initial spark.