[mlc9852]

So is it more about money and power or intelligence? I always thought the physical aspect was important, you know, big, healthy strong men were more desirable to try to produce healthy offspring.

[Modernman]

So is it more about money and power or intelligence? I always thought the physical aspect was important, you know, big, healthy strong men were more desirable to try to produce healthy offspring.

I think women are wired to find successful men attractive. Success in a hunter-gatherer society might mean a smart, strong hunter who is capable of bringing home the mammoth. Success in today's society might mean a lawyer or doctor.

[js1138]

...big, healthy strong men were more desirable to try to produce healthy offspring.

Big and healthy correlate with intelligence, believe it or not. We are talking statistices here, not individual cases.

But I suspect that given the choice between wealth and muscle, more women would choose wealth.