In 1894 a popular song was written and performed that swept through the entire world! It was a love sonnet to a woman followed by her reply and it shows that hypergamy is nothing new!

Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)

There is a flower within my heart, Daisy, Daisy!

Planted one day by a glancing dart,

Planted by Daisy Bell!

Whether she loves me or loves me not,

Sometimes it's hard to tell;

Yet I am longing to share the lot

Of beautiful Daisy Bell!

CHORUS. (a little faster.) Daisy, Daisy,

Give me your answer, do!

I'm half crazy,

All for the love of you!

It won't be a stylish marriage,

I can't afford a carriage,

But you'll look sweet on the seat

Of a bicycle built for two!

I will stand by you in "wheel" or woe, Daisy, Daisy!

You'll be the bell(e) which I'll ring you know! Sweet little Daisy Bell!

You'll take the "lead" in each "trip" we take, Then if I don't do well;

I will permit you to use the brake, My beautiful Daisy Bell!

Notice the theme: He loves the girl. He wants to marry her. He offers her the chance to be in control. In fact he offers her all that he has. He wants to take what he has and build more with his lover.

Then notice her response.

Michael, Michael,

Here is my answer true!

You're half crazy,

If you think that that will do!

If you can't afford a carriage,

There won't be any marriage,

'Cause I'll be switched if I'll get hitched

On a bicycle built for two

This clean, chaste woman from 1894 would rather be beaten with wooden sticks than marry a guy who doesn't own his own carriage! If the guy wants any action he better come with a carriage or there won't be any marriage.

Women absolutely LOVE this song and have loved it for more than 120 years.

TLDR: Women have not changed in the last 100 years at least.

So where all the good men are? They have been disempowered and told their lot in life is to satisfy a woman, just as they have been for centuries. Unfortunately for them, men are now informed about AWALT by the internet. Having no power to reign in a woman's hypergamy (except the power to walk away) increasingly men are doing just that.

THAT is where all the good men are. They are fiddling with bicycles rather than elaborate carriages because the juice isn't worth the squeeze- and because there is plenty of juice to share without buying it!