My personal experiences as a young Australian male have led me to believe that Australian women have unusually high standards for male partners, or perhaps that I am specifically unattractive towards them in a way which does not hold for foreigners.
I've travelled to Paris and Athens and one thing I noticed is that the girls would from time to time eyeball me lustfully and even return a smile or make friendly conversation, whether they be waitresses, on the street, on public transport, etc.
On the way home from Athens on Qatar airlines recently while I was able to get the Middle Eastern air stewardess to laugh twice while serving, in talking with another student from my home town university while getting off the plane she was as cold as ice. Australian women in general have looked at me as if I'm a rapist and have done so since I was a middling teenager of 15/16.
Furthermore of the few women who have shown attraction towards me only one was white Australian and I think she was transexual (not trying to be mean but I matter of factly found out later); the rest were Asian. I guess I'm not so much asking if Australian women have high standards but rather if there might be something peculiar to myself which makes them act this way, advice from outside of Australia is of course more than welcome.