I listened to a video recently that explained how women were always the ones to initiate romantic encounters. In the animal kingdom, females are the initiators as well. The males are exotic looking: think of peacocks. Women used to “accidentally” drop handkerchiefs in front of men they were attracted to in order to get a conversation started. But women don’t do that anymore so men are expected to cold approach which is fucking brutal. I think that’s why dating apps have taken over. But dating apps give you a distorted perception of what options are actually available for you. So people stay single longer looking for the perfect partner that doesn’t actually exist.