[daymanstep]

Stable marriage problem seems to be quite fashionable among feminists in my experience.

The motivating question seems to be "how can women get a better deal" and they come up with this solution "ask first" and try to rationalise it with the mathematical analysis of the stable marriage problem plus some anecdotes.

Noticing the inherently "zero-sum" nature of these solutions (it's either male-optimal if males ask first or female-optimal if females ask first) some feminists will gravitate towards a more "equal" solution that sounds awesome in theory yet somehow nobody has managed to practice it...