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At the risk of disappointing any admirers who may from time-to-time fantasize about me, I have a girlfriend. Neither of us has much money, so, between us, money is the least important. We both are human, but the character of our friendship is important to both of us. She certainly is beautiful in my eyes, but I believe the friendship is most important to me. I do not speak for her, so she will have to tell you herself whether she is with me because she has high regard for my character, or if she simply lusts after me because I am extremely sexy and good looking.

Regardless, it does not do the topic justice to discuss it from my own perspective, as if everyone is a 50 year-old heterosexual man who is in a relationship. I must shed that individual perspective if society is to ultimately derive moral values from my written thoughts. Otherwise, it serves only to promote my own prejudices.

It would seem obvious that character is more important than money or looks. However, that is only the politically correct answer. It sounds nice for Miss America to talk about the importance of personal character, but we all know she is not going to partner up with some ugly, broke guy no matter how nice he is. In fact, it is more likely she will hook up with a rich, handsome jerk.

This seems to check when considering truly nice but ugly people. Nice people who lack looks and money, pretty much either accept a broke, ugly, nice person for a mate, or wait indefinitely for a good looking person to find the beauty that lies inside their homely exteriors. The more money these people have or can generate, the more likely the long awaited mate is there only to take advantage of the money. Nice ugly people who mate up with other nice ugly people do not defy nature, even if it leaves little hope for the children.

Though character actually seems to be the least important factor for both men and women, those seeking women are likely less interested in money than looks. When character is equally present or missing, most people will regard a woman's looks more important than her money. It may be because money is considered patriarchal. However, it would be for that fatherly provision that one would favor money over looks between two women of similar character. I have not personally conducted a survey, but I suspect more people seeking relationships with women would prefer that hot teacher from Florida who had sex with her student than a female pedophile who is rich and ugly.

On the other hand,

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