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For thousands of years, the only thing that really gave value to the average joe, who is not especially talented, charismatic, good looking or athletic, was the role of breadwinning. Women would value being married to a breadwinner. This makes marriage easier and sustainable.

When women can provide for themselves, they don’t NEED a man in the same way their grandmothers did. The power dynamics become skewed. Marriage, for women, stops being about survival and economic stability, and now becomes more about emotional companionship and sex.

Now THIS is the bit where the average man gets devalued:

Women can now afford to be picky about who they marry, and are able to pass over the average guys whom their grandmothers would be fine marrying. This also favours the top percentile of men, who are now spoilt for choice.