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[[File:413.jpg|thumb|left|<center>OkCupid deleting their internal dating studies shortly after the [[Alek Minassian]] attack</center>]] | [[File:413.jpg|thumb|left|<center>OkCupid deleting their internal dating studies shortly after the [[Alek Minassian]] attack</center>]] | ||
[[File:okcupid.png|thumb|right|<center>Women rate 80% of men as worse than average. Source: OkCupid</center>]] | [[File:okcupid.png|thumb|right|<center>Women rate 80% of men as worse than average. Source: OkCupid</center>]] | ||
The 80/20 rule or Pareto principle refers to the observation that in systems in which limited resources are being distributed in a competitive manner, a small minority mostly ends up dominating a majority of the resources, in fact, about 20% end up owning 80% of the resources. Similar tendencies can also be observed in the sexual market in which men and women of highest [[SMV]] have a disproportional number of sex partners. The current body of evidence favors the assumption that the inequality is greater among men, and roughly follows a 80/20 distribution (perhaps a bit less extreme). | The 80/20 rule or Pareto principle refers to the observation that in systems in which limited resources are being distributed in a competitive manner, a small minority mostly ends up dominating a majority of the resources, in fact, about 20% end up owning 80% of the resources. | ||
An explanation is the "Matthew principle": Successful individuals get opportunities to improve even more due to higher motivation and reputation, whereas unsuccessful individuals get fewer opportunities to do so due to demotivation and worsened reputation. | |||
Similar tendencies can also be observed in the sexual market in which men and women of highest [[SMV]] have a disproportional number of sex partners. The current body of evidence favors the assumption that the inequality is greater among men, and roughly follows a 80/20 distribution (perhaps a bit less extreme). | |||
Evidence of major imbalances in the dating market can be found in online dating: An internal OkCupid study revealed that, on average, women only consider about 20% of men to be average or better in looks, assuming [[Decile|5 of 10]] means "average".<ref>http://archive.is/489UV</ref> Further, women receive 10 times as much attention in terms of number of received messages. On average, the least attractive women receive as many messages as above average men. These crass differences exist even though the sex ratio on OkCupid is roughly 50:50. Even harsher statistics can be found in online dating apps such as ''Tinder''. E.g. one analysis of data from Tinder suggested that "the bottom 80% of men are fighting over the bottom 22% of women and the top 78% of women are fighting over the top 20% of men".<ref>https://medium.com/@worstonlinedater/tinder-experiments-ii-guys-unless-you-are-really-hot-you-are-probably-better-off-not-wasting-your-2ddf370a6e9a</ref> Some of these differences might be explained by an excess of males on Tinder with a sex ratio of 79:21, but there are many other results pointing to substantial imbalances in the dating market, as summarized in the [[Scientific_Blackpill#Hypergamy|Scientific Blackpill]] article. For example women have been found to rate men considerably worse also outside of online dating, to similar extent as on OkCupid. Studies also show that relationships tend to be less stable and sex lives suffer when the woman earns substantially more. | Evidence of major imbalances in the dating market can be found in online dating: An internal OkCupid study revealed that, on average, women only consider about 20% of men to be average or better in looks, assuming [[Decile|5 of 10]] means "average".<ref>http://archive.is/489UV</ref> Further, women receive 10 times as much attention in terms of number of received messages. On average, the least attractive women receive as many messages as above average men. These crass differences exist even though the sex ratio on OkCupid is roughly 50:50. Even harsher statistics can be found in online dating apps such as ''Tinder''. E.g. one analysis of data from Tinder suggested that "the bottom 80% of men are fighting over the bottom 22% of women and the top 78% of women are fighting over the top 20% of men".<ref>https://medium.com/@worstonlinedater/tinder-experiments-ii-guys-unless-you-are-really-hot-you-are-probably-better-off-not-wasting-your-2ddf370a6e9a</ref> Some of these differences might be explained by an excess of males on Tinder with a sex ratio of 79:21, but there are many other results pointing to substantial imbalances in the dating market, as summarized in the [[Scientific_Blackpill#Hypergamy|Scientific Blackpill]] article. For example women have been found to rate men considerably worse also outside of online dating, to similar extent as on OkCupid. Studies also show that relationships tend to be less stable and sex lives suffer when the woman earns substantially more. | ||