[bulbosaur123]

Being a man in 2024 is a rather pathetic experience honestly. You constantly feel like a beggar in the dating market. How can you build self-esteem with that? No wonder so many men simply check out.

[p1esk]

You mean being an unattractive man in 2024? It’s probably just as pathetic as it was in 1024. Attractive ones are doing fine, as usual.

[bulbosaur123]

No, I didn't mean that. I meant being a normal man. Average = unnatractive to women in 2024. Just the way it is.

[nakeru]

I'm average looking, and I've dated and "been" with many women. I'm not even tall (I'm relatively short, in fact, shorter than some women I've been with), nor rich. I should have terrible self esteem, but I don't. That, plus being social and kind to others (and maybe a bit funny) really helps. A lot more than looks alone or money.

Posts like the OP are just incels pushing an agenda.

[otabdeveloper4]

There is no "dating market". Homo sapiens is a monogamous and patriarchal species. We have the technology to ignore this fact now, but any such attempt is fundamentally working against human biology.