This connection to evolutionary factors is really interesting, especially the idea that women's standards may be like this because they no longer need to have a man. I feel like since it's possible to be single as a woman now in a way it wasn't in past societies/economies, women can compare being with a man to being with no one and end up rejecting men who they don't prefer over being alone.
I was reading the other day about so-called host clubs in Japan. The article mentions that women are selling their bodies so they can afford enough money to get the attention of high-status men ("hosts"). I guess in the end, everyone, both men and women, get what they want: women get attention of popular men while men get (protected) sex.
The only problem is: this arrangement is bad at producing kids.
This is what happens when people optimize for proxies of success.
This connection to evolutionary factors is really interesting, especially the idea that women's standards may be like this because they no longer need to have a man. I feel like since it's possible to be single as a woman now in a way it wasn't in past societies/economies, women can compare being with a man to being with no one and end up rejecting men who they don't prefer over being alone.
I cannot count the number of females I didn't have sex with, because I always took "no" to me "no" and not "try a little harder....."
Frankly, I'm probably not missing out on as much as I thought I was at the time.
I was reading the other day about so-called host clubs in Japan. The article mentions that women are selling their bodies so they can afford enough money to get the attention of high-status men ("hosts"). I guess in the end, everyone, both men and women, get what they want: women get attention of popular men while men get (protected) sex.
The only problem is: this arrangement is bad at producing kids.
This is what happens when people optimize for proxies of success.
This is the Age of mismatch.
Here's the article: https://archive.ph/1TrYN