Yeah. That's because the equilibrium changed. Meaning either the supply or demand curve shifted.
The demand has shifted
This cost structure is a type of monopoly. That would still be a change in the supply curve.
The supply curve shifted during the “sexual revolution” and has been static since, the demand curve is the one shifting currently, but isn’t impacting the supply curve. Less men are dating, more men are simping online through a payment system.
Depending on the variation in women that would mean only a small fraction, maybe about 15% of women, fall into the range of "within 1 standard deviation, but husband unhappy enough to cheat."
And that’s a good chunk of the 4s. Let’s say 4s make up 30% of women, that’s half of all 4s being cheated on at some point because their boyfriend/ husband/ etc doesn’t find them attractive
The supply curve shifted during the “sexual revolution” and has been static since, the demand curve is the one shifting currently, but isn’t impacting the supply curve. Less men are dating, more men are simping online through a payment system.
If the demand shifts down, then both price and quantity of women go down. Has that happened?
And that’s a good chunk of the 4s. Let’s say 4s make up 30% of women, that’s half of all 4s being cheated on at some point because their boyfriend/ husband/ etc doesn’t find them attractive
The point is that even with these conjectured statistics, 85% of women defined as "average" or "mid" would be attractive enough that their husbands don't cheat.
The demand has shifted
The supply curve shifted during the “sexual revolution” and has been static since, the demand curve is the one shifting currently, but isn’t impacting the supply curve. Less men are dating, more men are simping online through a payment system.
And that’s a good chunk of the 4s. Let’s say 4s make up 30% of women, that’s half of all 4s being cheated on at some point because their boyfriend/ husband/ etc doesn’t find them attractive
If the demand shifts down, then both price and quantity of women go down. Has that happened?
The point is that even with these conjectured statistics, 85% of women defined as "average" or "mid" would be attractive enough that their husbands don't cheat.