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> It is imperative that we, as a society, think carefully about solutions to this burgeoning crisis. I'm not sure what a solution would even look like. After a
by rendall 5y ago
> It is imperative that we, as a society, think carefully about solutions to this burgeoning crisis.
I'm not sure what a solution would even look like. After all, "Hypergamy is an evolutionary fixture. Hating it is tantamount to hating thermodynamic laws or Archimedean axioms. It simply is."
Encourage young men to be more successful? Redefine male attractiveness? Turn everyone gay?
- llampx 5y agoIt's one way to look at the increase in men picking up body-building as a hobby if they are competing with other men for the attention of women.
- rendall 5y agoIs there an increase in body-building? I had not heard.
- llampx 5y agoI had seen it even before Instagram took hold. People, especially younger people, are shifting to a bimodal distribution where they are either extremely in-shape and enthusiastic about the gym lifestyle, or very out-of-shape. It seems the bell curve is flattening a bit. That's my personal observation from observing life in a couple of coastal cities in the US.