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That's factually not true, women rarely date down. Women, on average, prefer slightly older men, equally or more educated then themselves, more successful than
by bufferoverflow 9y ago
That's factually not true, women rarely date down. Women, on average, prefer slightly older men, equally or more educated then themselves, more successful than themselves financially, in good physical shape, dominant/aggressive.
That's why we always hear "where did all the good men go?" from women, even though they are surrounded by guys who throw themselves at the women.
So since more women and fewer men started going to college, the dating pool for women shrunk a lot.
Clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson is famous for talking about these issues on YouTube, highly recommended.
- gaius 9y agoThat's factually not true, women rarely date down I call shenanigans. A guy will no prospects and a guitar will never be wanting for interest. It’s a cliche for a reason. Now this guy may not be husband material, but the criteria was “date”...
- badosu 9y agoThis cliche is successful because it's an instance of lekking [0], giving more freedom for female choice. In this arena the status markers may be different from individual evaluation (with some general markers shared). It's pretty common to notice that women who like guys with long hair in a band and women who like 'successful' (whatever that means) men are not usually the same, just different selection criteria at work. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lek_mating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lek_mating
- bufferoverflow 9y agoYou mean a good looking tall guy with a guitar.
- itronitron 9y agoWomen may also have higher standards and less interest by virtue of being more exposed to men in the workplace than they were previously.