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by PrimalDual 2917 days ago
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...