Explain this Rand quote on Sexual/Romantic choice

Last I checked, the OP was inquiring on a philosophy forum, about a philosophical quote.

P.S. This statement here is possibly indicative of extreme rationalism, namely a disconnect between abstractions and reality. Applying an abstraction (such as the principle that one’s subconsciously held philosophical principles affect one’s sexual and romantic choices) to real life is an immensely difficult problem that covers a lot more than just philosophy, as I indicated. It takes a flying leap into psychology.

There’s no need to be an expert on psychology to express an opinion, but it IS necessary to acknowledge that it is not strictly a philosophical problem that can be *deduced* from a few basic principles. Heck, almost all of Objectivism is arrived-at inductively: you can’t deduce that people have volition from the fact that they must be conscious, for instance.