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Women also like online dating profiles with a higher education status than their own ''twice'' as often, and men with lower status ''half'' as often as men with equal status.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men_like_61.9.25_of_female_profiles.2C_women_like_only_4.5.25_of_male_profiles</ref>
Women also like online dating profiles with a higher education status than their own ''twice'' as often, and men with lower status ''half'' as often as men with equal status.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men_like_61.9.25_of_female_profiles.2C_women_like_only_4.5.25_of_male_profiles</ref>
The IFS found women are twice as likely to marry up in income when they marry down in education.<ref>https://ifstudies.org/blog/better-educated-women-still-prefer-higher-earning-husbands</ref>
The IFS found women are twice as likely to marry up in income when they marry down in education.<ref>https://ifstudies.org/blog/better-educated-women-still-prefer-higher-earning-husbands</ref>
In the Swedish top 1% income bracket, 70% of men, but only 30% of women, are partnered with someone in the bottom 90% bracket.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004727271930177X</ref>
In the Swedish top 1% income bracket, 70% of men, but only 30% of women, are partnered with someone in the bottom 90% bracket.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004727271930177X</ref> Job promotion increases the likelihood of a relationship breakup more in women than in men.<ref>http://www.ifn.se/wfiles/wp/wp1146.pdf</ref>


Evidently, a potential partner's lower socioeconomic status than women's status is a huge red flag! In the wild, this would have meant he is a complete failure. But today, it can also mean that women have been artificially elevated into higher social status and/or that men have been left behind.
Evidently, a potential partner's lower socioeconomic status than women's status is a huge red flag! In the wild, this would have meant he is a complete failure. But today, it can also mean that women have been artificially elevated into higher social status and/or that men have been left behind.
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One study, however, did not find power differentials (in terms of income or education) to affect marriage satisfaction nor the likelihood of women's divorce initiation,<ref>https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Rosenfeld_gender_of_breakup.pdf</ref>
One study, however, did not find power differentials (in terms of income or education) to affect marriage satisfaction nor the likelihood of women's divorce initiation,<ref>https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Rosenfeld_gender_of_breakup.pdf</ref>
which may suggest that the fewer marriages that exist mostly fulfill women's hypergamous preferences and that additional power differential has diminishing returns, perhaps in part because power differentials are seen as unfavorable in today's society.
which may suggest that the fewer marriages that exist mostly fulfill women's hypergamous preferences and that additional power differential has diminishing returns, perhaps in part because power differentials are seen as unfavorable in today's society.
Nonetheless, women's love for men's resources is thought to pose a barrier for men engaging in low-consumption lifestyles and thus a barrier for solving ecological crises.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_are_1.2C000x_more_sensitive_than_men_to_economic_status_cues_when_rating_attractiveness</ref> Job promotion increases the likelihood of breakup more in women than in men.<ref>http://www.ifn.se/wfiles/wp/wp1146.pdf</ref>
Nonetheless, women's love for men's resources is thought to pose a barrier for men engaging in low-consumption lifestyles and thus a barrier for solving ecological crises.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_are_1.2C000x_more_sensitive_than_men_to_economic_status_cues_when_rating_attractiveness</ref>


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