New Study Shows Stereotypes About Online Dating Are True

You know the type: Those friends who think they've found the best way to game Tinder, insist wearing a dress instead of jeans will catch someone's attention, or that the most fruitful way to find love is by going on the Bachelor. There is so much dating lore and folk wisdom out there, but we've never really had hard data behind it--at least until now. A group of researchers recently attempted to decode the world of heterosexual online dating and found not just that women go for older men and men for younger women, but that so many Americans are seeking a partner "out of their league." On average, researchers found, both heterosexual men and women go after people who are around 25 percent more "desirable" than themselves. But, you're probably wondering, how the hell are they defining what makes someone "desirable"?