At @TYPO-MAGAshiv behest, I’m re-doing this post. I hope it’s an improvement.

This is in response to a point @First-light posed below.

https://www.forums.red/p/whereareallthegoodmen/324856/weekend_post_leftover_inspin_envies_her_younger_cousin_s_upc “Its the choices that modern women have that ruin them.”

That’s a stunning thing to consider! When someone is “ruined” in this context for relationships, their pair-bonding is broken whether in assessing “good” men (reasonable and/or healthy standards) or the “good” men wanting them. (This should satisfy Rule 3 but it’s also the point of this observation.)

There’s a concept of “choice paralysis” that retailers exploit whereby if someone has too many choices, they’ll make the “wrong” ones hence why a “medium” popcorn is offered at the movie theater which is a terrible value, so people choose the larger one as a “bargain”. In single modern women’s case, let’s explore why choices for them ruins them. Not just the bad choices, available, but CHOICE itself!

Sorry, but I can’t resist: RUSH’s stance on Free Will: https://youtu.be/c6pn8O7nXKY?si=sbrVBEB1q0yiXFsS

I posted something from a Cheddit female incel group where a woman who KNEW she was homely (which says a lot in these times) said she refused to 'settle" for someone "who didn't put in effort" and yet she had sexual urges she sought to have released. Repeat: She could still get laid but she wouldn't get a free meal or clown game out of him. (I have searched for this post to no avail. If someone finds it, please pin it in the comments below). Consider: Even when a woman KNOWS she is undeniably choice limited, she has problems making one. This warrants consideration.

It makes me wonder that there's something larger going on with our civilized society that goes beyond feminism where women are raised to be dominant. I read on X just the other day "women have ALWAYS been choosers". Well, no. For nearly all of conscious human history (since the discovery of fire), it was men, whether a father or invader, who chose his daughter's mate hence "asking the father for her hand in marriage" cheesy custom on The Bachelor. (I think they're REQUIRED to do that as per their contract because it's such a cringe humiliation ritual I can't see why at least one of them didn't opt out.)

“Hey, I’m dating a dozen other girls. Is it ok for your daughter to marry me?” https://youtu.be/MmuzZ9QwB_c?t=207

"On the other hand... No! There is NO other hand!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkiWIpiQjbQ

Women being given these rights are unprecedented yet in modern times, we think it was universal as we compare it to other animals thinking women as chooser as the norm. Heck, consider this cite of Briffault's Law which is that women choose men as a way to procure resources. This is reverse anthropomorphism. Imagine, say, if humanity could have evolved if it was run primarily by the choices of modern women and single mothers for the past million years? It Boggles The Mind!!!

I’ve read on X women celebrating “liberation” of women and escaping dependency upon men financially and, therefore, men can’t be “jerks” anymore. I find this particularly amusing because, as we know, in a market economy (even a stacked one), the top men CAN be jerks if they are the ones the women want. Hence, that’s why so many “men are all jerks” complaints out there.

I chuckle, consider, that if women had settled for beta bucks like they had been doing in the 1950’s to now, we wouldn’t be having this discussion. Most of us would be slaving away believing we’re “superheroes” and getting a peck on the cheek when we got home made us lucky.

Again, the key point here is that many make the mistake that women have ALWAYS had the option to choose their mates. Feminists are bitter (and gleeful) that they now can make those choices, but they are making them BADLY.

It reminds me of Poland in the 1990’s when I saw a great hotel I wanted my wife and I to stay at and our host laughed. The hotel charged $100/night, an outrageous amount by Polish standards but… the owner didn’t want to charge less because he’d “lose money” if the existing 33% capacity guests paid less. It didn’t occur to him that in a market economy, more people would book if it was cheaper.

Another aspect of women’s inability to handle their newfound choice is to bitterly complain and double down rather than learn. For people experienced with choice, they know sometimes you make a bad one, calibrate, and move on. Example: I went to book some great tickets for a flight last January that were a steal, $151 for something usually going for $400. I asked my wife and she said “I’ll think about it” and by the time she decided, the tickets had gone up to $181. I was annoyed as heck at her, but it was my fault for not moving fast so I booked them and was happy to still be saving a lot of money. I viewed my economic loss as a write off.

I chuckle when someone claims that women are all Eff Dee Ess masters at exploiting men. Hey! Too many single mothers out there for that claim, eh?

Due to chivalry and feminism, as women became more dominant and therefore masculine, average (normie) men became more submissive such as in corporate America or in displays of chivalry.

I am just old enough to remember what actual feminine women really were like who would quietly clean the kitchen, help the man on with his coat (yes!), listen to his gripes and act as his therapist, and so on. It’s now men who are expected to abide by this role AND also by the old standards as well due to this explosion of choice average women have in their 20’s of the perception of abundance from dating apps and DEI hiring.

Only problem is, as we know: 1) The “nice guys” submissive men that feminism/chivalry/corporate America made are unattractive to women. 2) Masculine boss-babes are unattractive to the top-10 percenters of men who rise to the top of this mess.

This is all mixed together, of course, but the key takeaway is that this is NOT natural. Women did NOT have this choice in the past. MEN made that choice and that’s why, perhaps, many men experience discomfort with the “mating game” and trying to act like peacocks and so on. Because it’s not been in our nature for all of civilization since fire.

Men were the choosers albeit we had to EARN it not from women, but other men such as the father or by conquest.

I want to add a thought for improving our lives (and theirs in the long run, really) which is to stop selling ourselves short. Know your value and by that, I mean don’t just set “standards” for what you want, but as a fundamental human being and in the market. Remind others as needed because they sometimes forget and do it by actions. If my wife doesn’t say “please”, I stand for a minute and wait for her to notice what happened. It’s taken 20 years, but it’s been useful.

This insight from @First-light triggered for me a realization that all this is bigger than ourselves and it’s a challenge we must approach by ourselves on a daily basis.