I'm late to the party as usual but in response to the OP.
Yeah, I think it's obvious that men have to work harder to be attractive than the average woman does, but that's good news for any guy who is actually willing to put in the work. Anyway,
I disagree that most women have gone to sh*t by age 25; not sure if it's location-dependent or what, but it has always been my observation that a high number of hot women who were hot when they were younger, are also hot and often hotter in their 30s into 40s as they've lost the "baby face" they usually had before. Though if modern pornography truly reflects contemporary (fairly disturbing) tastes, jailbait seems to be modern man's preference.
There are more good-looking women out there than good-looking men and the reason is because women in general actually care about looking nice. Most dudes, at any given age, are complete slobs that look like every other overweight "average joe #3564712" with the same lame, short haircut they haven't washed in days, T-shirt and ripped jeans and patchy five o'clock shadow.
Walk through a mall, or pass women on the street on their way to work in the morning and you should be able to see that the average woman, even if she's not "hot" or "attractive" to you, still has nicer clothes, better hair and hygiene than most of her male peers and she probably even wears some makeup — which can do amazing things in the hands of a skilled user.