@Soheils, I’m sure it’s true that women value looks less than men do, but that doesn’t mean that women don’t value looks.
I think the situation gets much better as people get older and mature. I don’t know about where you go/went to college, but where I went, the smart nerds with high earnings potential weren’t exactly cleaning up at the bars. If I remember correctly, it was the dumb jocks with much lower earnings potential who got all of the women.
I don’t know how much stock I would put in a survey of college students that asks the subjects how much they value looks. I think a lot of people will feel like it would be superficial to say they value looks over other qualities. I’m not even doubting that it’s true that they value those other things more than looks, but I think it’s very likely that people will under report how much they value looks. And some of that under reporting could probably be attributed to people lying to themselves.
If you want to see how much college girls value looks, go hang out at some college bars, and come back and tell us how all those nerds with high earnings potential are doing. I’m not trying to be obnoxious - just being honest.
Another thing to consider is long term relationships vs. hookups. A college aged woman might very well realize that the smart guy with the high earnings potential is the better choice as a long term mate, but she’s still probably going home with the quarterback of the football team after the bar closes. Fast forward 20 years and things will be very different, but that’s probably not much consolation to the nerdy Engineering student when he’s in college. Most college guys are not very concerned with finding their wife while they’re in college. They just want to find a girl who will hang out with them.