Quillette usually has articles about the relationship dynamics between men and women, however I was surprised to read this recent article where concepts as hypergamy, chads, dark triad personality traits, women's sexual selection (i.e., resources, height, etc), men's sexual selection (i.e., youth, attractiveness, femininity, cooperativeness, etc.), etc. If anything, this article further encourages men that the odds are against them and that going their own way is the most sane, sensitive, and rational option in today's world.

Original: https://quillette.com/2021/06/28/mate-selection-for-modernity/

Archive: https://archive.is/Ebh6M

A few excerpts:

"Hypergamy is an evolutionary fixture. Hating it is tantamount to hating thermodynamic laws or Archimedean axioms. It simply is. Moreover, it is hypergamy that created the competence hierarchies that are used to structure human societies. If seeking to reproduce with choosy females galvanizes a man into conquest and self-actualization, are we not better for it? But what is the effect of hypergamy when females outperform males?"

"The more a woman achieves, the less suitable mates she has to choose from. It is, indeed, difficult to marry above and across dominance hierarchies if you sit atop your own. This difficulty is further compounded by the fact that older high-powered women must compete not only among themselves but with younger women for a fleeting number of high-value men."

I remember reading/hearing that educated, high-earning women in their late 20s and 30s aren't necessarily competing with other educated, high-earning women in the same agre group but with every girl that turns 18 out there.

"Successful women face a shortage of demographically superior men to marry. Indeed, the nascent decline in marriage has been attributed to a putative shortage of economically attractive partners for unmarried women."

This reminded me of the New York Post article: Broke men are hurting American women’s marriage prospects.

"Premised on sex ratios, a surplus of women in education and economic groups caters to men’s desire for multiple partners. The relative rarity of men within these groups means that women, in competition with other females, are more likely to conform to the sexual strategy of males. In these environments, hookup culture is more prevalent. In contrast, environments in which men are numerous see more long-term relationships."

"Recall that women on Tinder only liked 4.5 percent of male profiles while men liked 60 percent of female profiles. Furthermore, keep in mind that Tinder’s userbase is 72 percent male and 28 percent female. This means that 72 percent of the userbase is liking 60 percent of the other 28 percent while the 28 percent is only liking 4.5 percent of the other 72 percent. As such, the desirability rating of most women on the app is inflated due to excess likes from males with lower, equal, or higher ratings."