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Why are so many young men single and sexless?

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Re: Why are so many young men single and sexless?

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One reason I believe is because of social media and dating apps... social media because you want to post the most beautiful pictures of you and your family so you get over 100 likes.

To dating apps where only a certain percentage (50 to 70%) of men get dates cause hey woman (men too) want to post pics of their beautiful family on Instagram and Facebook, etc and get confirmation of your value in this life/earth. Like hey look everyone I was able to create something beautiful (beautiful family/children) and I know I did because look how many likes I get for all my photos of my beautiful family I was able to create.

Re: Why are so many young men single and sexless?

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"Young men must re-prioritize real-life relationships and intimacy attuned to the shift in priorities that women have already made"

The priorities of women in their 20s are dating men in their 30s. This new stat and the accompanying Boomer commentary is genuinely one of the funniest memes so far in 2023. They literally don't understand the world they created for future generations.

Re: Why are so many young men single and sexless?

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"Young men must re-prioritize real-life relationships and intimacy attuned to the shift in priorities that women have already made" The priorities of women in their 20s are dating men in their 30s. This new stat and the accompanying Boomer commentary is genuinely one of the funniest memes so far in 2023. They literally don't understand the world they created for future generations.

30s single women complain 30s men being creeps for younger girls

Re: Why are so many young men single and sexless?

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"Young men must re-prioritize real-life relationships and intimacy attuned to the shift in priorities that women have already made" The priorities of women in their 20s are dating men in their 30s. This new stat and the accompanying Boomer commentary is genuinely one of the funniest memes so far in 2023. They literally don't understand the world they created for future generations.

30s single women complain 30s men being creeps for younger girls

I haven't seen that, really. I have seen people interpreting such age gap as a sign of guys immaturity or a general red flag for "that dude is looking to take advantage of you". I have never seen the "I would date that guy but he dates younger girls" thing.

Having younger partner is status symbol for a men to show off to other men. It does not make him look like good potential partner to adult women tho.

Re: Why are so many young men single and sexless?

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"Young men must re-prioritize real-life relationships and intimacy attuned to the shift in priorities that women have already made" The priorities of women in their 20s are dating men in their 30s. This new stat and the accompanying Boomer commentary is genuinely one of the funniest memes so far in 2023. They literally don't understand the world they created for future generations.

30s single women complain 30s men being creeps for younger girls

Everything is a narrative. Who wrote this narrative?

Re: Why are so many young men single and sexless?

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A therapist is recommending therapy to improve men’s relationship skills and to stop watch porn.

But the author says the “problem” (for lack of a better term) is women are less interested in dating (focusing on careers and education) and are overwhelmed with their number of choices.

This seems like a supply side problem. I’m not seeing how therapy will fix top of the funnel issues.

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