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Some personality traits are considered attractive in one sex and not another.
As I implicitly stated, I don't think that personality traits for the most part should be considered attractive in one sex and not another. There are some physical traits that are arbitrary, like long hair, with attractiveness dimorphism, but I'm talking about physical traits that distinctly vary in whether they would be healthy between males and females. Like having pronounced mammary glands. That's obviously not a fertility marker in both sexes.
Are you sure this doesn't apply for personality traits as well?
Going into evopsych is so tempting right now, but the "just so story" practically writes itself.
Here's an alternative:
Since major personality traits are associated with hormones produced by parts of our body produced through embryogenisis based on our genes and the traits of our mother's womb. And since our reproductive organs are also so, it would be very surprising to find there was no correlation between personality traits and fertility/ virility, and it would be a major blow against your argument if it turned out to be one that is both strong and positive.