Bingo. If all that is on offer is mid 30s and older women who have ridden the CC for a decade and a half to 2 decades and who he knows don't really want him but instead think they're "settling" by being with someone who is at their same level of attractiveness would require the man to have no self respect in order to accept. Lots and lots of men would rather stay single than ever accept such a rotten one sided deal.
Having been told by feminists that they can do whatever the hell they want, waste all of their youth and then men will just have to roll over and take it when they finally do decide to get serious about settling down, a lot of women are truly shocked that men do not in fact have to just accept it, that they get to choose too, and that they have standards too. They then become very bitter and filled with hatred for all men. Nowhere along the way for many is there any recognition that the feminists sold them a pack of lies all along. Look at some of the posts in this thread and you can see it.
In other words: The bicycles decided that they didn't need fish, either!
Regards,