It works both ways.
I am shocked at the number of guys who are less than average across the board, who seem to think they deserve supermodels for girlfriends or wives.
Or that they really think some girl who could get any guy she wanted would even give them a second look.
Absolutely. And more so as the thread post implies.
Never mind that men even here on FR make a habit of commenting on women’s attractiveness, or not, and make sport out of it. Meanwhile they will not comment on the many ugly men in politics, etc. neither do women here make comments on it or sport of it for a whole thread.
Unfortunately in today’s treacherous devilish world the “supermodels” often want sex too soon.
It works both ways, but not as much as you imply.
One major difference between guys and women: the woman would rather stay home than go out with a guy she feels is beneath her, while a guy would rather go out with the most desirable woman he can actually talk into going out.
As the guy is still the one who society expects to make the first move, and thus the one who will get shot down when he asks out a girl who doesn't find him attractive, guys VERY QUICKLY find out their true "sexual market value".
A guy with the courage to keep asking, and keep getting shot down, is more likely to succeed in getting desirable women, than a girl who waits at some for Prince Charming to select her on Tinder (or whatever).
Guys also know that they peak later in the desirability game. For a woman of 24, she's at her peak, lots of older men want to date her. A guy tends to peak later, in his 30's, when he's had time to become professionally successful, learn to dress well, and become more confident. Meanwhile, women's desirability starts going down in their 30's, and they may regret passing up the good men who wanted to date them in their younger days.
(BTW, I'm a happily married man who exited the dating game decades ago, but who still talks to my younger friends)