Take a look at the average engineer/scientist and his wife from previous generations and compare that to fiances of your average nerdy engineer now. I've noticed something important. When nuclear families were not as dysfunctional, the female partner was generally in the same league or beyond the league of the male partner in terms of appearance. Why ?

Women were less financially independent than now and had to resort to finding a beta provider early because even their near short term needs emphasized stability over tingles. Combine this with -

1. No child support and anti-male laws

2. Stronger slut shaming culture

3. Less sexualization

4. Emphasis on Virginity, Gender segregation, Lower n-count = greater pair-bonding

5. Terrible seconds market after divorce

6. Less urbanization, less privacy and inter-connectedness (i.e. internet sex),

7. and older people having bigger say in partner choice...

....the beta male, even those several times older and unattractive, had better incentives to fit in the roles designated for him by society to build civilization.

The biggest looser was the low SMV female who couldn't find a suitable suitor nor had opportunities to be independent. In many cases, the unattractive female if wealthy ended up attracting desperate sugar mommy seekers similar to how nerdy beta provider males do today.

Historically, patriarchal societies triumphed over matriarchal ones. It provided thirsty men to be better warriors and to father more warriors. 3 mediocre sons make better numbers than 1 great fighter dad. It made fatherhood worth investing in because the offspring could be recognized for sure unlike in a matriarchy. The more equitable the distribution of females among the armed/wealthy populace, the better the internal cohesion. Also such a system encouraged higher reproduction rates leading to bigger batches of soldiers in the next generation. Because men didn't bare the physical risks/down-time of child-birth. As a result populations that have been traditionally patriarchal compared to matriarchal has females with features that better fit the golden ratio.

Although kings were known to have harems, they contained virgins (moreso than stolen brides) and they were usually not in the "approachable" terrains of most of the populace unlike 80/20 today. Infidelity of women and female hypergamy was religiously punished as they promoted internal conflicts among men. When external conflicts were more common and devastating, societies couldn't risk having dudes settling scores inside over cheating.

But now one common sentiment I'm coming off too often in both TRP and the deniers is that inorder for a rxnship to be sustainable the male should be several points higher than female in SMV. The obvious reason is that the 7 points previously mentioned no longer holds true.

The women is diversifying from her traditional "dependent" role into contributing to society in other ways. She is beginning to think more like a man but with added benefit of lack of agency and responsibility. Hence you see the carousel throughout the youth where attractive high social value alphas are enjoyed while betabux dad material guys are put on hold for later. The biggest looser today is not the unattractive female but the low SMV beta provider who is still blue pill. And he is more of a loser than the unattractive female was in previous generations because he has something to lose unlike the latter.

For most people who don't have "famous" level social value, APPEARANCE will begin to matter just like appearance of females did previously. With more women gatekeepers in positions of power in the workplace, the biases are going to be carried over to the professional world too. Woman are more shallow than they like to admit. Even worse they are consensus seekers who are lazy to do an independent and individual valuation of a person.

With social and economic restrictions aside, biologically women have more opportunities to afford to be more selective and lesser need to settle down now. They can now artificially inseminate themselves with the best alpha sperm, get the state to support the child financially and her "friends" to support her emotionally. Meanwhile plate spinning higher SMV Chads who invests nothing emotionally or financially gets to fuck her. Low SMV beta orbiters and providers who promise loyalty while showering emotional and financial support are more dispensable than before.

How do you adapt ? Through TRP. Do not be the idiot bailing out 28 year olds who would have rejected you when they were 18. Don't be the milady gentleman - You aren't a noble in renaissance England anymore. Such a change in outlook is necessity not a luxury in the face of modern female strategy. Start working on your appearance to the very best. Inside starts mattering only when the outside doesn't posses deal breakers. These Metrics apply a great deal for men as it does for women.

Dissociate yourself from what society expects from you. Do just enough to get by. Have low expectations from both sides. You don't owe it anything because you should realize by now not only does it think society doesn't owe anything to you as a useful-idiot-tool beta but will also lie to you straight in your face. Let the liberated independent feminazi carousel riders make-up for the lost productivity from missing betas who would have toiled for otherwise unrewarded or unrecognized effort .