UberKuh

You wrote:
"I'm troubled though by the last sentence."

In other words, you don't think the sentence is just and you want to punish the author. Hehe.

You wrote:
"I would think the more superficial the interaction, the more influence attractiveness plays."

I feel the same way. Women, on average, seem to be able to overlook physical unattractiveness if they are intellectually and emotionally attracted to someone.

You wrote:
"I don't think there's any absolute objective scale of attractiveness."

I certainly don't know of any. What evidence might convince you of such a possibility?