You are missing one factor. Men will date “down.” Women won’t. So a high-value man who has no real interest in a woman will still date her (especially if he thinks he can bed her), but generally won’t commit. But, to a woman, once she’s dated/slept with a ten, she’ll never accept anything less. She deserves a ten (because she’s been with one, once), and she won’t “waste time” with any guy who isn’t, even if she’s far lower in terms of male desirability. Men generally aren’t like that. We’ve all got stories of dating out of our league, and then recognizing that the relationship would never have worked because of it. But every woman’s a princess...
So what you get is a small proportion of high status men jumping from woman to woman, and women who have a highly unrealistic expectation of who they match with based on their one night stands. Down that road lies lots of cats and boxed wine.
One much overlooked consequence of this is the societal turmoil that comes from large numbers of “average” men who can find a mate. Look at all of the highly aggressive societies (most of which have terrible records when it comes to women’s rights) that have this basic problem. Why is Islam so attractive to Arabs, et al.? Well, if your leaders have harems, the idea of capturing your women...
That's why it feels like we are living under the Weimar Republic.
The Austrian Painter is in an art studio somewhere 🎨.
“One much overlooked consequence of this is the societal turmoil that comes from large numbers of “average” men who can find a mate
* Perhaps the greatest societal consequence of this is, of the final Christian Chads, who have to filter through the myriads of shakedowns, before finally finding his/their “Melania”, if at all, shake-down after shake-down.
“But, to a woman, once she’s dated/slept with a ten, she’ll never accept anything less. She deserves a ten (because she’s been with one, once), “
Worse, she may never pair bond again.
Even worse, is the possibility of DNA contamination.