One thing that makes it possible for women to chase the 10% of men is Internet dating apps. In the old days, people would meet others of the opposite sex who they physically interacted with. But the Internet changed all that. Now these women can put themselves out there and get hundreds, even thousands, of men expressing interest. That probably distorts their ego. And, of course, they seek out the cream of the crop. You kind of can’t blame them for this. What they likely don’t realize (or conveniently ignore) is the possibility that the Chads have multiple women on a string. So, in the end, they really are not doing themselves any favors. But they might now learn this lesson until they are well into their 30s and not getting very many texts or phone calls.
I'd get a job offer that was good but not great. I'd turn it down because nothing less than great would do. The problem is the odds of me getting a job offer that was great were always very slim. So then I'd circle back to the one that was good. Only now I can't get that because I turned my nose up at it when it was offered. So now, I'd fall the next rung down the ladder and have to HOPE I could get something that at least decent - and there was no guarantee of that. I might end up having to take a job offer that was bad.
But as you get a little older and get burned a time or two, you start to learn. You keep your ego and your arrogance in check. When you get a job offer that's good but not great, you TAKE IT. And you be glad you got it. Sometimes that gets even better and/or opens doors to something you would have considered great. At worst you got something good and that's not a bad outcome.
Don't let great become the enemy of good. That's how you end up with nothing. I don't blame women for making that mistake a time or two. I do blame some for failing to learn in time....for failing to get their egos in check in time to end up with a good outcome. By the time they're in the latter half of their 20s, they really ought to be realistic.