CH 43-47. Chateau Heartiste Maxims on Women Competition & Deteriorating Marriage Market

 43: Women are more pliable in the company of COMPETING WOMEN.  44: In the quest for romance, BOLDNESS OVERCOMES a lot of personal flaws. Timidity swamps a lot of personal virtues.  45: Betas pay, alphas split, SUPER ALPHAS PROFIT.  46: A woman with inflated self-esteem is a woman who will erroneously believe she is too good to date men normally in her league, unless steps are taken to bring her self-esteem back in line with reality. Corollary: A dating market lopsided with unrealistically high self-esteem women will shrink the pool of men available to date and marry, with the consequence that women remain single longer than they would otherwise. Corollary to the corollary: The most effective measure society can undertake to increase the incidence of marriage and the quality of married life is to STOP ARTIFICIALLY PROPPING UP WOMEN’S SELF-ESTEEM.  47: You have to make marriage an ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE FOR MEN — not women — if you want the institution to thrive.