Sent to me by one of our patrons here. A shortage of men worth marrying?

Is it over for men?

Well this seems to be one of topics which red pillers get right. Its the outcome of feminist narrative and social engineering. Goverments replaced lot of male roles in society, so they are no needed anymore. And more west you go, worse it gets. Thats why red pill is so booming in US and hardly heard of in eastern europe / asia

I’m a marriageable man, and I have traits women are attracted to, and yet my experience isn’t telling me a I have a lot of options...assuming I want a girl whose mate value is comparable to mine. Maybe it’s cuz few young women in the Seattle area prioritize starting a family. Or maybe my bar for physical beauty is too high, and I’ll be be better off partnering with a girl who’s like a 4 or 5. The attractive girls may be so spoiled that there’s little chance of a high quality long term relationship with one.

Blair

Another thought I had that the article did not get into is the question of how a man behaves in an environment where there is an abundance of options. In my town's high school, there are nearly 2 girls for every boy. All but the least popular boys are very demanding of the girls because there is always another girl if the current one dumps him. Marriageable men may resist committing to a woman because he knows he has options.

Michael Carleton

MK, the odd thing is that marriage is more important to women than men. Women want commitment and push men to "put a ring on it." At the same time marriage is becoming less desirable for men. The terms of the marriage contract will need to change if men are going to make that deal.

DC

One could argue that the "willing" is part of the problem. Marriage used to be about need. Now it's about "want". But "want"s are less easy to satisfy and don't demand the same commitment.

Ryan Stallard

Gotta love how they will do anything to avoid being political. Wages have stagnated since the 70s, so surprise, men whose wages have not kept up with inflation are less desirable than they were 70 years ago. And poor minorities are going to have a hard hard time finding financially successful husbands. There's nothing new in this article.

Ryan Stallard

The only sentence in the article that is legitimate is the final one: “...maybe marriage isn’t as culturally relevant as it once was.” If women are going to continue to evaluate men according to how much money we have, then they can’t complain when we continue to place physical appearance and sexual availability at the top of our criteria for them. Plus, as another commenter mentioned, women dominate colleges and workplaces now, which means men have less education and career opportunity on the whole. And since women are gainfully employed themselves, why is money still such an important requirement in a man? It’s not like we’re living in 1920, when very few women were able to get jobs, and needed a guy with some money for a good home and the ability to raise children. It’s all very hypocritical, which is no surprise coming from feminists.

Michael Kiddy

Women are just responding the way anyone would when you're faced with a seemingly endless list of options and opportunities: total confusion...

Communicate With Confidence

What is alt+f4 ? is there a way to restart the session ?

Hugo Matiz

Oh yes they do, thanks to tinder's broken feedback mechanism. Men on the other end...

Hugo Matiz

There are lot of theories to this shortage. As a techno enthusiest ill add my thoughts from those lends. But automation has led to a decrease in male employment killing a lot of men's path towards self development and cutting a lot of social contacts for them and putting a lot of men under a lot of pressure. Giving us the low male status on the social totem poll as well a them being labled bad providers. And with no path for employment, love, or family we end of with a lot of people just pressing ALT+F4 for this gaming session.

manchinesandmonsters

No wonder so many men just check out..

Perhaps a better question would be: Do women overestimate their value in today's dating marketplace?

DC

The social engineers have won, and now blame men for the consequences of their experiment. For decades we've been promoting higher education for girls over boys--and for over 20 years there have been more women graduating from college than men. Women now outnumber men in law school and med school. So it's now men's fault for falling behind as a result of overwhelming societal influences promoting the success of girls. Interesting to imagine the reaction if there was a similar article titled, "Is There a Shortage of (Attractive) Women Worth Marrying?"

DC

Strongly recommended: Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough by Lori Gottlieb. She’s totally right. And she’s liberal and I’d bet considers herself a feminist.

Blair

“New research identifies an interesting quirk in the marriage market...” Is the so-called interesting quirk the writer refers to that women want to marry men with high incomes? If so, give me a break. Or is it that women have not adjusted their expectations to make them realistic given the conditions of today’s social-economic landscape? That might actually be an interesting quirk, but she doesn’t say it. Also I wouldn’t choose the word “quirk” for that...haha

Blair

The scientific process always begins with a question. So, if you begin with an idiotic question, you're bound to get an idiotic answer. Last time I checked, marriage is a union between two willing and able partners. So... both men and women are either a) less motivated to marry or b) unable to find a partner with whom they would see marriage as a desirable outcome. WHY is this article so blatantly biased? And WHO THE FUCK keeps paying for these pointless studies?!

Margaret