Hot Girl vs. Average Guy

[sororitygirl2]

The thread called "Fat like me" got me thinking...

So, I had a guy tell me "It's easier in life to be an average man than an average woman, but hot girls have it way easier than average guys." I said not being a hot girl, that I wouldn't know and then he told me to quite fishing for compliments and that I know I'm hot - I wasn't really fishing but I do love when guys say that - but anyway... do you agree?

How important are looks in America? I know it matters in some things - even when it shouldn't, like recruitment - but I'm talking about in job hunts, relationships, everything... Overall, is it significantly easier for attractive people than unattractive people?

And don't you always wonder when you see couples with an extreme discrepancy in the caliber of their looks? It seems to me that it is usually more attractive girls with less-attractive boyfriends...