I think social media makes it worse. Before the advent of online dating and mass adoption of social media, seeing someone that was very attractive, for lack of a better way of saying it, was rare. Nowadays people that straight up look unreal (and are probably using drugs to look like that, be it appetite suppressants or steroids) are just a click away and it’s really warped people’s perceptions and standards, especially in the online dating game, and especially when a majority of adults in the real world are overweight or obese. None of this was the case in the past.

Leads to a massive dissonance and disconnect between what people want and what they can realistically achieve, for both men and women. Both for themselves and their potential partners.