Preface
A core tenet of TRP ideology is the existence of a "Wall" for women, an abstract concept delineating a supposed temporal threshold beyond which a woman's attractiveness will drop tremendously (generally accepted to be around age 30, though some contest that an elite set of MILFs can sustain good looks until 40). Since males select mates on the basis of looks alone due to indication of fertility (as opposed to women's dualistic AF/BB mating strategy), there are consequences to hitting the Wall that puts women's dualistic mating strategy in jeopardy. The most commonly observed within the TRP community of these are rampant attention-whoring, trying to paint oneself as a "good girl," and willingness to settle for betas after years of riding the CC.
My inquiry is in regards to whether a similar danger to men's mating strategy exists, and if so, what steps TRP advises men take to mitigate the effects of this male Wall (similar to how women cope with the aforementioned strategies). Here are some of my thoughts (note that this is a Q4X, not a CMV -- I am not explicitly stating a view; I am outlining observations with the hope of inspiring a civil discussion/debate framed around what TRP has to say):
Insights on Sexual Strategy
Understanding dangers (Walls) to sexual strategy requires an understanding sexual strategy to begin with. Of course, this sub tends to agree that a gender dichotomy does exist, so I won't bother making the case for that. Just know that it's a critical precedent for what I'm about to say.
Male Strategy -- Find hot women who aren't total bimbos, fuck 'em all. Spread your seed far and wide, rely on probability to ensure a decent number of offspring survive (you don't need to look after them as you can trust that the female and/or an unsuspecting beta will do that for you; i.e. if you fuck 100, at least 50 will do fine).
Female Strategy -- Find attractive guy who could hold his own in the wild, get his seed. Remember that unlike guys, who have no such restriction, you have a cap of one attempt every 9 months -- so choose wisely. Since prenatal oxytocin spikes are an evolutionary mechanism and no such analogue exists in males, it's safe to say you'll have to ensure the baby's survival on your own. Good luck with that.
Both men and women have two criteria in reproductive success: making good babies (the indicator of this in females is looks, which also indicate fertility, and that for males is looking strong enough for survival) and ensuring their survival. Since their reproductive mechanisms are different, their strategies are different. Men can afford to fuck around on a whim, women have to be more careful (hence hypergamy). If she's lucky, she'll get the alpha who fucked her to be a provider as well. Since this is unlikely as alphas are likely to monkey-branch to the next hot chick, she has the BB insurance policy. (Of course, none of this technically holds in the modern dating markets where most aren't trying to make babies, but the evolutionary residue remains. This insight does not go into LTR dynamics either, but I'm sure you can all extrapolate from mating to dating strategy based on what you've read on TRP/PPD or otherwise.)
KEEP OUT: Construction Zone
A lot of TRP is based in evo-psych and Darwinian philosophy. Hence, we must accept for the purposes of debate that evolution is a dynamic process, and that all organisms learn from their environment and favorably adapt to changing circumstances (evolution by environmental activators rather than genetic ones). Men and women alike are both (consciously or not) waking up to the fact that the SMP isn't so much about ensuring offspring survival as it did back in the day, and are changing their strategies rapidly (remember, evolution isn't always gradual).
Women understand that being a deadbeat baby daddy is socially unacceptable today (and holds serious consequences for men, hello American family law system!), and this is phasing the AF/BB dualism out. They realize that both an alpha mate and alpha provider archetype are more likely than ever, and since an alpha by definition only invests parental effort into his own biological offspring, this would be the same man. The stakes are higher than ever -- and in this Tinder economy, right-swipes are critical currency to quickly sort through piles of men and secure an alpha to lock down (and if he dares run off post-impregnation, she'll use the courts to fuck him up). On the other hand, there's less incentive for women to pursue betas even as providers (since alphas can no longer safely bail post-Wall, the alpha who she hit on the cock roulette has likely been providing for quite some time now). Regardless of your socio-sexual archetype, things are looking pretty grim for men right now.
Men now have to contend with the evolving feminine imperative, given that women are the gatekeepers of sex. They have more reason than ever to become alpha, given that the option of being beta and securing some (largely emotional, some sexual) intimacy is out of the question due to the above-stated reasons. A Wall, as defined earlier, is a danger to sexual strategy. Quick recap: Masculine imperative is to spread seed everywhere and trust woman and her BB to raise child, feminine imperative is to secure good seed and get someone (preferably an alpha who gives her tingles) to raise her child with her. Since women now have the means (both social and legal) to lock down alphas, BBs will soon be a thing of the past and women will begin to select more carefully not only for attractiveness, but also indicators of provisional ability. Whereas in the past, no cap on male reproductive opportunity existed, a socio-cultural cap (even if there never was a biological cap) now does as women will only select mates who can also provide. This socio-cultural cap that expects eligible male mates to demonstrate capacity to provide, should it exist, is essentially a Wall -- not unlike women's biological caps on impregnation frequency and the menopausal countdown.
One could argue that society is constructing a Wall and wants the betas to KEEP OUT altogether. As for the alphas, a cap is being placed for the sake of more stringent allocation to sustain the maleSex:femaleSex 20/60 equilibrium gynocentric mass society sanctions (to allow women more choice. women have the power to mandate this, due to being the gatekeepers of sex). This Wall, a temporal threshold, would be described as a point beyond which a man, given his current state, shows insufficient sustained provisional capacity. The good news for men, however, is that two axes determine whether or not the male Wall (should it exist) has been hit. Whereas women only have the uncontrollable axis of deteriorating looks with respect to time, men have a controllable axis of resource acquisition trajectory where he can fight the clock, though he'll have to work harder as time progresses.
Elon Musk the Pole-Vaulter
Allow me to provide a possible example to serve as evidence for the existence of a male Wall, as well as help you all understand its malleable nature: the life of Elon Musk (sorry for circlejerking, but I'm a HUGE fan of his work). When he was in his 20s, he had a lot of time ahead of him to acquire resources. His trajectory was far less set in stone, and he didn't have to work as hard for success. All he had to do was demonstrate ambition and some success that would promise sustained provisional capacity, which he did in the late 90s -- prompting Justine Musk to marry him in 2000 and let the man shoot 5 kids into her (in vitro, but you catch my drift). However, as he aged, he had to work harder to indicate sustained provisional capacity as his resource acquisition trajectory began to set in. In spite of his ambition, ambition was no longer enough -- and his companies' futures became more dire without his net worth high enough to ensure ability to sustain the high-end lifestyle they were living. Fearing the worst, Justine jumped ship in 2008.
Soon after, Musk caught Talulah Riley's attention, and being a professional actress likely had more risk tolerance as her income could serve as a supplement. Despite Elon Musk's rocky entrepreneurial career, Riley married him in 2010 believing that Musk could turn things around before the waves got too rough. When Elon failed, she jumped ship -- only to swim back when Tesla was trending in the news again in 2013. However, the moment Tesla started facing production issues putting its profitability in jeopardy, with ever-decreasing time for Musk to acquire more resources (Justine wouldn't have cared at this point, but Riley likely had higher expectations due to being a celeb already), the Musk-Riley marriage disintegrated.
Fast forward to 2017, and Elon Musk is all the rage again given SpaceX's hot streak plus various gimmicks such as The Boring Company's hats and flamethrowers. Earlier in the year, the on-off relationship with Amber Heard corresponded with the rollercoaster that was Tesla at the time, and when things finally secured for Elon and he realized the BS Amber was pullin', he kicked her to the curb for good. Enter Grimes -- a niche celeb no one knew about before, so that puts her personal social capital between Elon's ex-wives. This is hypergamy throttled to the max, but puts Elon in a comfortable position (I won't question his taste in women, but he got the girl to change her friggin' name so whatever he's doing is working). Elon could get ousted right now and Grimes would let him stay him while sucking him off all day long -- his $20B empire is far beyond her scope of comprehension and tells her there is no risk associated with his resource acquisition trajectory needed to fit her requirements for sustained provisional capacity. Add that to the fact that Elon likely knows how to give her new experiences in all areas (note how he knows how to grab attention -- e.g. flamethrowers and rescue mini-subs), and you get a girl who can't possibly leave.
Looking at Elon Musk's dating history, we can see a man who has exemplified what it means to hit a possible male Wall and polevault over it again and again until it finally will never pop up again.
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TRP claims women hit a Wall
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