Rollo Tomassi’s book “the Rational Male” would explain a whole lot to these authors of this Atlantic article.
Two concepts these authors do not seem to understand are: 1) sexual market value, and 2) hypergamy. While these concepts don’t reveal all about modern dating, they go a lot further than this shallow article did.
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I recommend every man and teenage boy read “Rational Male”. And I think women would also benefit from reading the book.
I wish this was available decades ago before I started dating.