You might feel like you have conscious control over the process of acting on your preferences to select the candidate for the randomish splicing of the genes of your partner's parents and your own parents.
Did you choose your preferences, though?
Did you choose your preferences, though?
That just describes sexual selection in general. Of course you think with your big head when choosing a mate, not the small one that's easily fooled.
You make it sound like choosing good genes for your offspring is evil or something.