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The available data is fairly consistent with a 80/20 distribution among men's number of sex partners and likely a bit less inequality among women, with growing sexlessness for both sexes, but more so for men. Overall, the data prove that women are [[Sexual gatekeeper|sexual gatekeepers]]. They have substantial power over mating decisions because men are innately more drawn to women than vice-versa. Further, [[Gynocentrism|gynocentric]] welfare states have allowed women to be financially independent having their own incomes, often higher than men's, which likely renders more men sexually unattractive to women.

A common [[Bluepill|bluepilled]] objection to the importance of looks and income in online dating is that women wouldn't be as visual and shallow in real life and that one could make up for shortcomings with a good [[personality]]. Studies, however, consistently show men's looks matter just as much as women's, and that personality plays a small role at best, and plays no role during initial romantic contact. Having a very nice personality is outright harmful. The only beneficial personality dimensions seem to be dominance (psychopathy) and stoicism. What aggravates matters is that the perception of ones personality can hardly be changed as it is largely determined by ones looks.<ref>https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/92158/TheHaloEffect.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y</ref> Even perceived sense of humor and morality are to large parts determined by one's looks<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/may/19/are-funny-people-sexy-or-are-sexy-people-funny</ref><ref>https://splinternews.com/homely-men-judged-more-harshly-than-hot-men-instantly-1793848040</ref>. These results may explain why studies found that personality  only weakly predicts romantic success or not at all: It is more about looks and status and even though women ''claim'' they care, it is only the good personalities they perceive as a [[halo effect]] of looks and status. Further, there is evidence that a man has to surpass a certain level of minimal looks for a woman even to consider traits beyond looks. There has to be a physical attraction at first for a [[relationship]] to be initiated. If a man is far below this threshold, it will be very difficult to make up for it provided that improving personality is futile, and that making up for just one point in looks requires an increase in income of about $25,000 per year<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#A_man_having_the_.22correct.22_race.2C_height.2C_and_face_is_worth_millions_of_dollars_to_women</ref>, and what can be accomplished by bodybuilding or plastic surgery is not only costly but also ultimately limited.  

And even if one manages to [[Ascension|ascend]], love tends to be fleeting, for example, women lose interest in sex much sooner than men.

It is conceivable that since women regard the vast majority of men to be physically unattractive, women's sexual freedom and financial independence, plus their seemingly innate tendency to prefer a man of higher socioeconomic status than their own, will increase sexual inequality because only a few men are desired by women, far beyond the small imbalances that already exist and that already render some men's lives not worth living.

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