The bar is indeed lower.

By the time I got out of grad school-- which involved some academic work that I'd been really proud of-- the bevvy of young women surrounding my cousin didn't notice I existed. But that semi-literate pot-head might read one chapter from one book, and they'd all be like: "OMG, YOU'RE SOOO SMART!"

Nobody wants to know how the sausage is made. All they want is the end product.

An alpha doesn't need to be alpha, but he has to become one. Manosphere scoffs at the "just be yourself" advice because that is good advice if you do not want to raise above your station. If you want to improve yourself, you have to be alpha until you become one. What is creepy before will be genuine then.

I once had a girl tell me I caused too much drama in her life. But then she went back to her baby daddy who was a convicted felon who had multiple burglary charges and one armed robbery charge, I found out later on. But me liking her…..yeah that was too much drama for her, I needed a record to prove worthiness lol

You're close! Indeed, women can have the 'traditional dating' of a man buying her flowers and dinner and giving commitment before sex, but you got (one thing) wrong:

It's not a 6-7/10 guy who should do that, but rather a 5/10 guy. AVERAGE and below.

It's not ONLY women that can practice hypergamy!!!

An above average man might want to sow his wild oats before settling down and why should he settle down with the first 6/10 woman he lays? Modern dating is sort of like two scammers who meet up on facebook trying to rip the other one off.

Your comment reminds me of something my sister said back 40 years ago: “If you don’t pay for dinners, you’ll only get ugly women!!!” She Was Right! Not even a basic looking woman was willing to date me without me paying for dinner but once I accepted that and forked out the cash, I raised my standards. Soon afterwards, I was married to a lovely woman and had a child (despite me being a 4/10 to most women.)

Having access to 8-9/10 guys is why so many average women engage in hook-up culture, if women made all men marry them first before giving them sex, then the best most average women can hope for are average guys, not the hotter top tier men they desire since in a no sex before marriage situation, Chads will only pursue Stacys.

Hook-up culture allowed Chads to dumpster dive for more sex since he is no longer forced to marry any woman he knocks up.

It's not just America. Any place that has adopted "dating" is the same. When young men and young women are expected to "get to know" each other outside the company of chaperones, this is what you get.

At this point, parents and even grandparents partook in dating culture when they were young and they expect their kids to start screwing around once they reach puberty. It's all out in the open now.

That's like putting the ox before the cart. Commitment before sex is only worth it if the girl hasn't had much sex (preferably any) to make it worth it. Artificially inflating the price is not going to make people buy something long term. They will just look for cheaper alternatives.

I refer to otherwise chaste women who didn't get "snatched up in person" as corporate nuns. They don't do online dating but there are few venues for them to meet men. "Game", to art of flirtation and getting someone you desire out on a date, is something men are largely expected to learn. Thanks to MeToo (and Anita Hill), the avenues for "good quality women" to meet men are much reduced. Few of them put themselves out in wholesome venue.

My mother met my father in 1958 at a dance hall where the music was at a normal volume, the women largely gave EVERY man who asked her to dance at least one one-on-one dance, and with a normal volume music it was possible to chat and make small talk. Women gave out their actual phone numbers where their parents answered the phone. Women were aware that a hot guy who took her out to an expensive dinner date were going to expect something in return and balanced this against getting a "reputation" which modern women reject as "S shaming".

if you wore a condom would you be able to avoid herpes

Exactly. Girls with herpes just don’t say anything at all. In fact in their sick minds they think “well if i give him herpes now he have way less other options”. They only disclose when they start thinking long term, to save them the hassle of hiding their breakouts. If you’re just rotating them in plate, they’ll disappear for a week or two with some excuse.

And these girls get it from fucking some chad or Tyrone who’s really been around the block. Usually met online.

they’re like vegans.

How do you spot a vegan?

Don't worry; they'll tell you.

I can understand not wanting to have sex so soon after meeting someone. Women are always-- ALWAYS-- complaining about the dude who got fresh too early, or thought he was "owed something" because he bought her 12 surf-n-turf dinners.

And, you know, I was perfectly okay with not having sex with a woman I didn't know well. But nobody ever told me that going down that path would inevitably turn me into a source of free surf-n-turf.

It’s literally completely backwards. Sex first, commitment later. Why commit? You already got what you wanted. And surprise, you never spend the time to actually get to know her and like her, so you bounce because there’s zero attachment holding you there and you’ve already fucked. Rinse and repeat.