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by codingslave 2191 days ago
"I wonder what the societal implications are for having a majority of young men be very undesirable and a majority of women start on top of the world at 18 and steadily fall down from there and have to settle. It doesn't seem to be good for either gender."

I dont think we have seen the full impact of this yet. Online dating has been a major catalyst and made things alot worse. I think we are still 10-15, maybe 20 years off before we see people growing older and the toll this type of sexual marketplace takes on their relationships.
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eloff 2191 days ago
I think we've been seeing it in small doses so far. There was always this effect with the top % of men at the bar or club. But now online dating has exaggerated this to previously unknown extremes.

So maybe the effect won't be totally unknown, just a continuation of current trends - like later marriages, less children, and higher divorce rates.

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mD5pPxMcS6fVWKE 2191 days ago
I frequent bars and frankly don't see it in practice ... if a girl wants only top 10% of guys, there is 90% chance she will go home alone. She didn't dress up and spent money for that sad outcome. So most men who approach women, get theirs.
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A4ET8a8uTh0 2191 days ago
It is certainly not quite the same and I may be oversimplifying a bit, but war on drugs was partially started, because that generation was basically hungover and thought the youngins should just say no.

Who knows what kind of war sexually exhausted man would impose?

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