We have long known that men need/want women far more than the reverse. This manifests itself at every turn, and extends to almost every aspect of society in both social and professional settings. This has not only inflated women’s egos and set a precedent to the point that it has made it very difficult for even the most attractive men to get their looksmatch, it has given women a significant amount of social power and privilege that is almost always immediately diminished or outright dismissed when it gets brought up, followed by some form of deflection in the form of shaming or an insult and insistence that “women are very insecure” and that “ugly men complimenting them does nothing for their self esteem.”

The most visible example of this is obviously social media, where even the most average girl can post a selfie and instantly rack up hundreds of likes and dozens of comments, with dudes saying she’s beautiful and all sorts of other nauseating shit. Then there’s the white knighting in comments of news articles and personal posts where any guy who dares even question anything a woman says or does is attacked from every angle. I have even seen CELEBRITIES with the verified blue check publicly interacting and flirting with regular chicks, it’s fucking embarassing.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. On a daily basis I am forced to watch men passively simp for women of all levels of attractiveness, and it is just embarrassing to me now that I’m RP, I can’t unsee it. I see dudes I work with and the night and day difference between how they talk to females vs males. I’m not just talking about being “polite” I’m talking about ass kissing, over the top flirting, special treatment, double standards, etc. It’s a wonder to me with how well women get treated by the vast majority of men that they aren’t more deluded than they are.

Looking back it was always there, but being a self perpetuating problem it has gotten exponentially worse. The middle aged cooks at restaurants “looking out“ for the young hostesses and servers, the 30-50 year old supervisor/manager “teasing” the female employees, giving them special treatment, and that’s not even getting into the customers.

Then you look at social situations where it is perhaps the most pronounced. Men are at their most aggressive, falling flat on their face to impress women at any cost including humiliating other men, even their own friends.

If I’m noticing this behavior second hand, I can only imagine the impact it has on the receivers of this treatment. Then you add in the amount of actual romantic advances they get and I think it is pretty clear what the primary drivers of women’s inflated egos are and consequently, most men struggling.