
Yeah so thats not true in literally any way (and in fact its the exact opposite lmao). Males are almost always the more “attractive” or showy of the sexes in order to gain approval from females and females are more “homely” as they put their energy into producing young and maintaining a territory. This is a thing in apes too (including us homo sapiens). Hence why human males are larger, have thicker hair, etc. its to show their health and attract females.
The trade-off is that this energy that goes into growth and strength also fades quickly and once it does, most males die quickly (lost territory, rivals, and all that energy has a cost). Females usually conserve that energy to produce more young and, in social species, to help raise and instruct future generations. This is seen in many great apes
i can promise you there is nothing attractive or showy about a man. maybe because i am a dude but thats the truth. the womans body is way more sleek and attractive. what you are saying is true socially though. the men are the pursuers but they dont show off. they pursue because of the woman's beauty
Man im talking biology, not your specific preferences. Im a lesbian, im not impressed by men myself and find them usually repulsive sexually. Im just saying, biologically speaking, men are meant to attract, the females are meant to choose. It makes little sense for a female to out more energy into looks as her young will have her traits regardless and theres no competition for her (usually, in some species they do compete (see: jacanas))
Human culture is why women put more into looks. But our sexual dimorphism has nothing to do with that. Sexual dimorphism refers purely to anatomy, and in that sense, males are literally genetically programmed to be attractors (obv the genes dont know this, but more attractive men have higher fitness and pass their traits yadda yadda yadda)
Theres many theories but the one i subscribe to is that there just arent any real ecological pressures to push men to be better and to make women more choosy. If its life or death, you dont want to risk your kids being weak or having a bad parent (humans coparent so the fathers quality matters). But right now its not like that in most places. So its “eh idk ill hook up who cares” and then people settle bc work n life n stuff lol.