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You're right, it's a play on the meme: "man dead, woman most affected".

Popular culture has become structurally anti-male. The ease at which we're described as simplistic, violent, sexual addicts doesn't seem to surprise anyone anymore.

This article almost makes a humanitarian problem out of a luxury problem: highly educated women unable to find somebody even richer than them.

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Also women with impossible standards (e.g. 6'+, $200k+/yearly, loves dogs, wants (or doesn't) kids, is single, from a good family, won't cheat, owns his own house, blue eyes, etc.) refusing to lower them in search of a partner well into their 30s, then wondering "where all the good men are".

Bo Burnham's "Lower your expectations" is a hilarious comedy song covering this exact point. For both men and women.

It was good, thanks! https://youtu.be/llGvsgN17CQ

all 4 billion women want that laundry list of qualities?

that's silly to say isn't it, of course you didn't mean literally all women, but that's why i'm commenting - it's crazy to me how we choose to play other people's games. find other circles. lest you're attracted to who you're attracted... but then umm... so women shouldn't be?

Fundamentally, it's that women typically want a partner that's above them--but with society being basically equal now there is a dearth of such men. It's going to take a while to adjust to having to settle for someone who is simply your equal.

Did you seriously include "won't cheat" or did you plant that there to see if people read this?

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