Your article has a lot of faulty assumptions about monogamy, which another commenter pointed out nicely. About why men to women ratios on college campuses is only corollary, which yet another commenter nailed extremely well.
In addition to those, you’ve made a series of other wild assumptions. About money and education. To those, I’d like to offer a few points:
1. How much money a guy makes does not equal how much money he has available to raise a family. Your net income, as an individual or as a couple, not your gross, is how wealthy you are. That’s determined by several factors like, how much you save, how much you don’t spend, how much and how you invest, etc, as much or more than how big your paycheck is. Men who understand that net is more important than gross and SEE and APPRECIATE where and how their partner contributes to that bottom line will have better luck attracting a mate.
2. Being college educated does not guarantee a larger paycheck. I saw a job in the local paper, I guess 2 years ago, for the local library. They wanted a degreed (Masters in library science) person to take over and build up the children’s section. Interesting. Let’s not mince words. Library sciences is going to be one of those heavily female dominated fields one gets training at a liberal arts college for. Libraries are in trouble; like, extinction level trouble. Best chance of survival is to be a cool place for kids. So basically, the local library is looking for a passionate and energetic young woman who loves to read to swoop in and save their library. They also know they’ve gotta have the best of the best or it’s game over. And for that salvation, they’re willing to pay top dollar. Ready for this? $18k a year. Let me remind you, they required (non-negotiable) a master’s degree. You make around $28k a year flipping burgers at McDonalds. Now, that’s the most extreme example I’ve ever seen but it’s hardly the only one.
3. Skilled trades people often make more than many college graduates over the course of a career lifetime. Without the stress of debt that often comes from obtaining a college degree for most students. Which means you can start accruing real wealth much earlier. People with mechanical and technical skills also spend less over a lifetime because they can repair rather than replace household items that break. Male or female, people with mechanical/trade/entertainment/ technical skills sets of some sort have and will always be more desirable than those without. It’s no small thing to not worry about being stuck when something breaks. Whether that’s a button on your best suit right before a big presentation or your refrigerator; doesn’t matter. People desire a partner that can handle what panics them.
4. It’s the age of the internet. Education is available for anyone who wants it and can discipline themselves enough to grasp it. Not Facebook educated — real educated. Today you can take a Harvard or MIT level course over the internet, interact with real Harvard and MIT professors for FREE if you so choose. You don’t get the piece of paper, you do get the education. Women know this too. So, if you’re looking for someone on the same 'level' to have a conversation with, you have no meaningful advantage limiting yourself to only male college graduates. These days, it’s as much an indication of having come from family wealth than having any kind of drive, determination, ability, or anything else one traditionally associates with a college degree. I’m reminded of a scene from Good Will Hunting... roughly, "a couple of dollars in library fines and befriending a decent librarian and you can learn whatever you want". You remember that librarian don’t you? The one that’s only worth $18K a year?
Clearly, your overall article and your assumptions don’t hold much water.
You did make one absolutely true and excellent point though and I’d like to acknowledge that. Openness and honesty. Men need to stop trying to "score" and be "players". Start acting like fully fledged human beings and treating women like the human beings they are as well.
Women like real confidence, not false bravado in men. They always have. Women like stability in men; emotional and financial most, though again, that has more to do with consistency than anything. They always have. Women like to know that they are seen and valued by their partner; for more than looks and domestic drudgery. Again, really nothing new there. Things haven’t changed that much, we still want the same things. Women just don’t have to settle for less than any more. Women want a true partner and that requires real meaningful communication and equal investment on the part of men.
