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Re:Attraction Inequality and the Dating Economy by towaway1138 on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @11:03AM (#19368788)
This is an outstanding article with life-changing insights. Everyone should read it. Certainly explains a lot of awful and baffling things I've seen and experienced.

Unfortunately, though it lays out the problem clearly, it doesn't present much in the way of solutions, and indeed, there may be few good ones. It may be that sex and mating is ultimately just a Kobayashi Maru, not so much to be performed successfully as with a dignified, sad grace.

Re:Attraction Inequality and the Dating Economy by prthkms on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @08:32AM (#19377957)
Some cultures have arrived to solutions like arranged marriage which sort of promises to find a mate for most of the population. But that comes with its own set of issues like loss of freedom of choice(especially for women), human rights abuse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arranged_marriage#Causes_and_p...).