Franco said:
This article should be of assistance:
Since I am interested in this subject, I took it upon myself to review these articles (and examine the studies a little more in depth). In the study title "How low will men with high esteem go?" the issue I found is that the sample size is only 57 men, and of those they are all undergrads.
"This was accomplished by conducting a cross-sectional study with undergraduate participants (57 men and 124 women)" We cannot know if the findings of this case is necessary valid without using a larger sample/variety of age groups.
Next study provided is called "Mate selection and the Dark Triad". For the actual quantitative results when pulling up the study off google, there does not appear to be any statistical significance between dark triad and physical attractiveness of mate selection (i.e. no difference between them and regular guys). The formatting may be messed up but see if you can follow from this chart:
Psychopathy Narcissism Machiavellianism Dark triad
Long-term mate preferences
Social level .03 (.15) .12 (.18) .09b (.06) .09c
Creativity .11 (.10) .08 (.05g) .08 (.02) .11
Kindness .21** (.26**) .04 (.05f) .08 (.05) .12
Liveliness .10 (.17*) .06a (.15e) .00 (.01h) .01
Physical attractiveness .05 (.00) .12 (.17d) .06 (.06) .10
Short-term mate preferences
Social level .13 (.11) .05 (.07) .10b (.08) .10c
Creativity .10 (.00) .22** (.25**g) .13* (.04) .18**
Kindness .22** (.23**) .17** (.13f) .12 (.12) .19**
Liveliness .10 (.13) .10a (.12e) .03 (.14h) .08
Physical attractiveness .02 (.01) .02 (.02d) .03 (.01) .03
Note: Comparisons among subscript letters are significant (p < .05) moderation tests using the Fisher’s z-test for moderation effects by mating duration. * p < .05. ** p < .01.
But as seen their may still be lowered standards in other areas like creativity and kindness.
Now the original point I was trying to make had to do with observations I've made where it appears guys sleep with borderline attractive girls in order to claim having a larger number of sexual partners. It's as if cultural reasons push people toward this pursuit, and what I meant by ego reasons when asking if people decided to sleep with those type of women. This is just my opinion but in my fraternity(in the past) it's almost as if there was a pressure to have sex even if not physically compatible. But this is the first time I've ever even questioned it, due to the situation I was just recently placed in, and is why I wanted to ask for other opinions
Cheers