Self-Esteem and Social Expectations
Discussion
11 min
Default of the courtship period: why men have exited the dating economy
A bouquet for 50,000, a restaurant for 25,000, round-trip taxi. All for the ephemeral chance of approval from someone with 200 matches on Tinder. Men calculated the ROI of courting and opted out of the deal. This isn't stinginess—it's a strike against a system with negative returns. Women demand equal relationships but maintain the expectation of traditional courtship during the dating phase.