Dating Market Failure — Chapter 1: Inequality

As you might have already guessed, dating is trash right now. If you’re an average-looking man, you probably get little to no dating opportunities. This is backed up by the fact that most men view themselves as 5.9 out of 10. I would imagine if you’re single you get flaked on when trying to arrange a first date and you probably find texting a dense and mundane exercise to try to get a woman’s attention.

Don’t worry I haven’t forgotten about the women. If you’re a woman, your issues might be slightly different. I would imagine you find an abundance of lackluster quality guys who fail to meet some of your most basic needs. The issue with women might not be quantity, it’s quality. We do know that women find a match about 10% of the time, and men around 0.6% of the time on most online dating platforms. Plus that doesn’t include the random dudes hitting her up on social media and on the street. (The bold ones anyway)

I would imagine for some women of the very small percentage they do consider date-worthy. Some men are often preoccupied with other aspects of life and aren’t looking for anything serious and just want to “see how it goes”. Why? Because chances are you’re not the…