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The 80/20 phenomenon is observable in other phenomena, otherwise known as the "Pareto Principle", however this "principle" is commonly taken way too literally. As the only meaningful insight of it is that extreme end points (eg best looking meen) account for most of the impact in that particular world (sexual market) in '''already''' unequally distributed patterns. It is important to remember that Pareto was a lunatic who genuinely believed that his "laws" proved that social darwinism<ref>http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue80/Flomenhoft80.pdf</ref> was necessary to "eliminate" undesirables ("toxins")<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=zg91TAIs6bgC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=%22which+will+promptly+perish+if+prevented+from+eliminating+toxins%22&source=bl&ots=YmuWBObJGH&sig=ACfU3U2H_NqwX07WqcH7n-UTnQc74Pk_gw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiL0YLa2tHlAhVNmVkKHUjcBqYQ6AEwDnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22which%20will%20promptly%20perish%20if%20prevented%20from%20eliminating%20toxins%22&f=false</ref>. None of his "laws" have been proven as unchanging or necessary, but rather correlated with a large number already unequally distributed patterns. In other words, the "80/20" rule describes inequality (in this case the distribution of affection in online dating), but it does not "prove" that things will always be severely unequally distributed. | The 80/20 phenomenon is observable in other phenomena, otherwise known as the "Pareto Principle", however this "principle" is commonly taken way too literally. As the only meaningful insight of it is that extreme end points (eg best looking meen) account for most of the impact in that particular world (sexual market) in '''already''' unequally distributed patterns. It is important to remember that Pareto was a lunatic who genuinely believed that his "laws" proved that social darwinism<ref>http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue80/Flomenhoft80.pdf</ref> was necessary to "eliminate" undesirables ("toxins")<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=zg91TAIs6bgC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=%22which+will+promptly+perish+if+prevented+from+eliminating+toxins%22&source=bl&ots=YmuWBObJGH&sig=ACfU3U2H_NqwX07WqcH7n-UTnQc74Pk_gw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiL0YLa2tHlAhVNmVkKHUjcBqYQ6AEwDnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22which%20will%20promptly%20perish%20if%20prevented%20from%20eliminating%20toxins%22&f=false</ref>. None of his "laws" have been proven as unchanging or necessary, but rather correlated with a large number already unequally distributed patterns. In other words, the "80/20" rule describes inequality (in this case the distribution of affection in online dating), but it does not "prove" that things will always be severely unequally distributed. | ||
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 56 percent of women and 59 percent of men have had sex by the time they finish high school.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/2017_tables/sexual_behaviors.htm#t133_down</ref> If access to sexual intercourse in real life followed an "80/20 rule", then we would expect less people having sex by the time they left high school. At the same time, the more people are online dating, and the real-life dating sphere will become more unequal over time as online dating becomes even more popular. So the "80/20" rule is simply a warning of the damaging effects of our current dating scene, which is increasingly dominated by online dating. | |||
== Inequality within sexes == | == Inequality within sexes == | ||