Looking at the photos, I am noticing something interesting. While the quality of girls isn't that great, the quality of guys is abysmal. Sure, there are a few pics of well dressed, good looking dudes, but there are more beta/omega types than anything. A lot of these dudes look like they just pulled out whatever wasn't to funky in their hamper and wore that to the event. I went to two of the schools on the list, I can guarantee you that on average, dudes had more game/style than the one's shown in these photos. Whereas the girls are about the same quality I experienced in school.
So, it appears that we are now in a situation where 5-15 years after graduation, the quality of eligible guys who meet the Ivy Plus Society criteria has dropped, but the quality of girls has remained the same. Why is that?
My theory is that it has to due with hypergamy among females and the lack of hypergamy among males. Back in college, people mostly dated folks from their same school, so finding someone who went to a school of your stature (and thus, was close to your social status) was a non-issue. However, upon graduation, when these guys enter the workforce the dating field opens up. Men and women from these elite schools now have the option to date folks from non-elite schools because they are interacting with them more than they did in college.
Here is the absolute beauty of it. The men, because they place little to no value on the university/income of the women, start to date attractive women who went to lower tier schools. Whereas the women restrict themselves more to guys who went to the same quality schools or higher (you can insert high income earning guys into this group as well). The ramifications are obvious. Because women of lower status are taking men of higher status, the women of higher status have fewer quality men to date. This is amplified once they hit their late twenties and early thirties, when a HUGE number of higher status guys have been taken off of the market because of marriage.
The end result are the photos of Ivy Plus Society parties. A few alpha guys, a ton of beta/omega dudes, and a group of educated, lonely women wondering what they did wrong to wind up like this.
I think I might check those events out next year. My bet is that a dude with the basic credentials, plus the minimal social accessories (e.g. decent condo in a nice neighborhood) and a little game could kill there.
So, it appears that we are now in a situation where 5-15 years after graduation, the quality of eligible guys who meet the Ivy Plus Society criteria has dropped, but the quality of girls has remained the same. Why is that?
My theory is that it has to due with hypergamy among females and the lack of hypergamy among males. Back in college, people mostly dated folks from their same school, so finding someone who went to a school of your stature (and thus, was close to your social status) was a non-issue. However, upon graduation, when these guys enter the workforce the dating field opens up. Men and women from these elite schools now have the option to date folks from non-elite schools because they are interacting with them more than they did in college.
Here is the absolute beauty of it. The men, because they place little to no value on the university/income of the women, start to date attractive women who went to lower tier schools. Whereas the women restrict themselves more to guys who went to the same quality schools or higher (you can insert high income earning guys into this group as well). The ramifications are obvious. Because women of lower status are taking men of higher status, the women of higher status have fewer quality men to date. This is amplified once they hit their late twenties and early thirties, when a HUGE number of higher status guys have been taken off of the market because of marriage.
The end result are the photos of Ivy Plus Society parties. A few alpha guys, a ton of beta/omega dudes, and a group of educated, lonely women wondering what they did wrong to wind up like this.
I think I might check those events out next year. My bet is that a dude with the basic credentials, plus the minimal social accessories (e.g. decent condo in a nice neighborhood) and a little game could kill there.