although it might currently masquerade as a cultural thing or a factor of the gender identity, men dated down out of necessity, by population alone.
find the study to corroborate that, this is the first generation where the middle on the higher rungs and the upper middle class actually has enough women in it to date and thats whats happening
entire dynasties of women that thought they could offer their presence alone, and finding out they only have choices with socioeconomic equals instead of higher
lower socioeconomic status groups of women are so vocal about their sex work or balking at questions of “what do they bring to the table” because they thought being available sexually and pleasant would open up a different path, but are just entertainment options. they basically have to be louder because they don’t know what’s going on, notably, this groups considers themselves empowered too, at least self identify as such.
