I know that reliable conclusions drawn from reality shows like ‘The Bachelor may be a bit of a snipe hunt but there some wisdom to be gleaned not from the fame-hungry on the show but from the many observers of the show, most of them female and, yes, many of them on Twitter or other online forums.
As others have noted on this thread, militant feminism, soft parenting and the self-esteem culture are mixers for a kind of social hemlock. Girls are convinced that 90% of the males out there aren’t good enough for them and that they shouldn’t have to compete for the remaining 10%. They are...special, gorgeous, pretty, intelligent, independent...according to them of course.
And so we have multiple generations of females who have either missed out entirely on normal rituals of courtship passing judgment on those who engage in those same rituals. We have multiple generations of females who lack a track of record of relationships but still feel authorized to dictate the where/why/how/when of others’ relationships.
The reality (no pun intended) is that these are socially stunted cowards who obey their training and demand that society ignore appearance as a criterion for attractiveness...then spend untold, mostly clandestine, hours looking at and critiquing both males and females based strictly on appearance (ie selfies).
To say this is a recipe for confusion is an understatement but it’s much more sinister than that. It is a recipe for loneliness and a superiority complex ie ‘you’re not good enough for me.’ Granted, such a defense mechanism seems to have always been part of the young female psyche but now they are saying it even BEFORE they meet a young man.
Once again, the heterosexual female in search of a mate and a family has been absolutely sold a bill of goods by a cadre of radical lesbians and old maids.
Not just lesbians and feminists and old maids.
Hypergamy is everywhere and the feminine imperative has done so much the last 50-60 years to entrench it and demonize anything male positive.