Let's say we're on an island with 3 female identical triplets, 1 male billionaire, and 2 broke men.

Let's arbitrarily say all 3 female triplets are 5s - they're all perfectly identical and interchangeable.

How do we assess the men's SMV on a 10 point scale?

It depends on how badly the women want relationships with the top billionaire.

Let's say they live in poverty and they need the billionaire for survival. He literally becomes a 10. He could treat the women like trash; disrespect them, abuse them, etc. And no matter what, he literally has complete power in the relationship because they need him for survival.

By contrast, let's say the triplets are indifferent to relationships. They're perfectly happy living alone and don't care to marry the billionaire. Arguably, all 3 men now have 1 SMV. None of the women really want them; they don't really need them... All 3 men will have to desperately fight to add value and get their approval.

KEY TAKEAWAY #1: In the modern age, women don't need men for survival. Many average and obese women are happily choosing to be single because they can still get laid by men far above their league.

Thus, female empowerment, as a whole, decreases the SMV of ALL MEN. Men are only valuable to women as status symbols. Thus, the most elite men have lots of status and value, while the average man has essentially 0 status and no market value.

KEY TAKEAWAY #2: Most women understand that the average man has very low SMV. They consider the average man worthless and easily replaceable, thus his SMV is lower than theirs.

However, what they fail to understand is... because beauty is common, and most women are relatively interchangeable in terms of looks, a truly HVM has more market value than virtually all women, including beautiful women.

Imagine we're on an island with 3 super models, 1 billionaire, and 2 broke men. The super models can tell themselves they are extremely beautiful... but at the end of the day, the billionaire can pick whichever model he wants, and he can replace her at any time.

Most women have two delusions:

1) First, the average woman believes she is more valuable than she is because she thinks she is equal to her hookup partner.

2) Second, even if she is lucky enough to marry a HVM, she thinks they are equals and doesn't realize how easily replaceable she is by another beautiful woman.

There are tons of objectively beautiful women who reject high-value men because he's an asshole, or he's a cheater... But at the end of the day, every high-value man has the power to be an asshole or a cheater. As a woman, if you pursue a high value man, you should recognize he will have more power in the relationship because you can be replaced at any time.