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Maybe "open-mindedness" isn't the right term, as was pointed out, because perhaps men are actively pursuing low-income women. However one clue is the differenc
by air7 7y ago
Maybe "open-mindedness" isn't the right term, as was pointed out, because perhaps men are actively pursuing low-income women.
However one clue is the difference in the steepness of the preference:
> On a list of 149 countries’ Gini indices provided by the CIA World Factbook, this would place the female dating economy as 75th most unequal (average—think Western Europe) and the male dating economy as the 8th most unequal (kleptocracy, apartheid, perpetual civil war—think South Africa). [0]
One can also look at pop culture for hints on the differences in societal desired traits of the opposite sex. Compare TLC "No Srubs" [1] to Bruno Mars "Just The Way You Are" [2]
[0] https://quillette.com/2019/03/12/attraction-inequality-and-the-dating-economy/ https://quillette.com/2019/03/12/attraction-inequality-and-t...
[1] https://genius.com/Tlc-no-scrubs-lyrics https://genius.com/Tlc-no-scrubs-lyrics
[2] https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brunomars/justthewayyouare.html https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brunomars/justthewayyouare.h...