[antisthenes]

> and that sex is some kind of competition.

There may be a number of bad takes in the article, but this one isn't it. Sex is undeniably a competition in every society, has been and will be throughout history. This is obviously from a male perspective. Men and women don't compete for the same things.

To deny that is a delusion in its own category of absurdity.

> Women often have impossible beauty standards marketed towards them

Not anymore, really. That was the trend in the 90s. You're about 30 years late. None of the women I regularly speak to has expressed any kind of pressure to conform to these standards.