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> This has left women able to pick the top men, studies have shown that they are much more selective than men — and they are in much higher demand than men. This has left a lot of men unable to find love or start a family.

I experience that myself... But I wonder how that works. Isn't the ratio of women to men 50:50 more or less? Are multiple women all in a relationship with the same few men? I don't see how that would work for serious relationships. That must mean women are also not starting families anymore?

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It’s also probably explained by the increase in single motherhood [1]. I suspect since women no longer need men for financial sustenance they can pick any father they want and raise the child alone if need be. Since attractiveness in men is pareto distributed it probably translates to single mothers and throwaway men.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/12/18/the-u...

Yes. See birth rates declining and marriages happening later and later in life. Lots of studies on that. Women share the top men in casual relationships. Basically we are reverting to the days of the past prior to monogamous enforced by religion where men had multiple women. See studies on that which show most men didn’t reproduce while most women did.

It doesn't help that most (American) men don't seem to be worth dating for reasons that have nothing to do with looks, money, or fame.

Most american men are boring (generally speaking).

NOTE: I'm saying this as an american man.

And American women aren't boring?

Pretty loaded statement there that should probably be accompanied with supporting evidence.

Are you taking this personally? If we hung out, would we have a good time?

Would we be able to talk all night about interesting stuff? Would i stay up way past my bedtime because I don't wanna put the phone (or whatever communication) down?

But aren't most people (including women, and people outside of US) boring? And wasn't it always like this?

You've accusing an entire gender of being boring, the least you can do is support it with evidence, otherwise your statement is at best doesn't contribute anything, at worst is toxic.

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