https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/8/eaap9815 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/8/eaap9815 It's not misogynistic if we fix one part of the meme:

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/8/eaap9815 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/8/eaap9815 It's not misogynistic if we fix one part of the meme: It's not that just women try to date up, but that everybody tries to date up, at least on average. To clarify: For one person to on average try to date up merely means that their attempts will have an average which is above their actual attractiveness, but that doesn't say anything about who they actually date.