In the manosphere they use a 0 to 10 number to evaluate the sexual market value (SMV) of women.
There are many criteria in that evaluation.
One of those is whether she has kids.
That automatically knocks two to three points off the SMV.
That is because the child will be a higher priority than her man will be—even if that man becomes her husband.
Additional point—if the biological father of the child is still “in the picture” in any way—no matter how slight—that knocks off two more points in the SMV.
——In the manosphere-——
The 0 to 10 scale is merely a modern interpretation of the very ancient miliHelen system. Helen was the most beautiful woman in the world. The Greeks launched a thousand ships to recover her from Troy.
One ship is a miliHelen. An average women is 500 miliHelens. An ugly woman is a mere 87 miliHelens. To be a real beauty one must exceed 900 miliHelens
“That is because the child will be a higher priority than her man will be—even if that man becomes her husband.”
I watch a lot of true crime, and VERY often, the wife/mother will sacrifice her kids’ safety — even lives sometimes — to appease her man. The abuse can be stunning and often the mother is aware of it. The children aren’t the priority.