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and choosy in fear of missing out (FOMO).<ref>https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6a4f/4e27a55178bd1d9bd58744d474d0840ebe75.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563202000146</ref> | and choosy in fear of missing out (FOMO).<ref>https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6a4f/4e27a55178bd1d9bd58744d474d0840ebe75.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563202000146</ref> | ||
The result is a low birth rate, few coddled children who are prepared for late marriage and higher education,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#The_percent_of_high_school_students_who_date_is_plummeting</ref> and women save themselves up for the ideal mate. | The result is a low birth rate, few coddled children who are prepared for late marriage and higher education,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#The_percent_of_high_school_students_who_date_is_plummeting</ref> and women save themselves up for the ideal mate. | ||
Similar points about centralization, economic stagnation and resulting competitiveness as causes of inceldom, late or no marriage and low birth rates have been raised by journalist Walter M. Gallichan in his 1915 book [[The Great Unmarried]]. Gallichan also lamented a negativity about marriage as well as declining relationship between the sexes expressing as misandry and misogyny. Significantly later marriages have been observed in economic crises in mid 17th century England where women saved up their virginity to attract | Similar points about centralization, economic stagnation and resulting competitiveness as causes of inceldom, late or no marriage and low birth rates have been raised by journalist Walter M. Gallichan in his 1915 book [[The Great Unmarried]]. Gallichan also lamented a negativity about marriage as well as declining relationship between the sexes expressing as misandry and misogyny. Significantly later marriages have been observed in economic crises in mid 17th century England where women saved up their virginity to attract high-earning men.<ref>https://journals.openedition.org/chs/737#bodyftn16</ref> Lower income makes men unattractive to women, especially when it is lower than women's (see [[hypergamy]]), and the increasing rate of millennials living with their parents makes signaling of status and independence and hence dating possibly harder for men. | ||
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'''Pessimism''': A poor economic outlook and ecological crises like pollution, global warming and overpopulation make people less willing to have offspring, hence reluctant to date. | '''Pessimism''': A poor economic outlook and ecological crises like pollution, global warming and overpopulation make people less willing to have offspring, hence reluctant to date. | ||