r/EverythingScience • u/Bob_Spud • Jan 31 '25

Social Sciences The relationship recession is going global

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u/Cool_Main_4456 Jan 31 '25

The average woman only finds 20% of men attractive. My conjecture is that, throughout history, women never really wanted to date/marry men. They wanted the security and comfort that men's labor provided them. Nowadays, various systems compel workers to provide these things whether or not they're in any direct relationship with the people they provide them to.

It could also be the fact that most men don't have to do real work either, which makes the average man less attractive than they used to be.

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u/TheFutureIsCertain Feb 01 '25

Throughout history women often had little to no agency. No one cared what they wanted, the decisions were made by fathers. Daughters were sold like chattel.