After weeks of reading through this forum, and digesting The Rational Male and it's messages - the main question on my head at this stage is how the hell have we found ourselves here?

This could also be condensed into - where are all the men?

Why has such power in the dating realm moved to women? I understand the newer waves of feminism have wielded far too much influence but I guess I want to go deeper into the how

How have previous generations of men allowed women to wield so much influence? (seems like a frog in a slowly boiling pot scenario)

And why are the current generations of men so emasculated? Are we blaming the validation machine for women that is social media? The endless supply of porn that is far easier for guys to just click and boom instant sexual novelty and gratification, resulting in fewer people with the correct social skills and confidence to chase women who now seem to all universally believe they are 8's at a minimum?

I'm not sure if these questions make sense, and may be just a stage of me helping to fully digest TRP. I fully accept our current situation, and don't have many, if any, arguments with RedPill philosophy (though I am still in a stage of somewhat disillusionment at just how badly I feel young men have been mis-led and emasculated). My burning questions at the moment are all centered around how the hell we got here.