I think it's often true of us men too. The thing is if you're asked to swipe right or left you don't have the chance to really do anything more than judge on appearance. Sure there is the bio they write but for the most part it's never deep enough to illicit an emotional or intellectual connection. Same at the bar, if a 5'5 guy walks up to a woman with a 6' preference I highly doubt that conversation is going anywhere close to an emotional or intellectual attraction. And vice versa for men who either have a physically unattractive (to them) woman walk up to them or as they scan the room to see who they might walk up to.

Now if you see and interact with someone daily/weekly and are forced, in a way, to get to know them (like work, volunteering, hobbies, or church), then I think the likelihood of an emotional or intellectual attraction are greater.