Sunday, April 03, 2022
“Desirability Ceiling” Is A Term That Explains How Great People Stay Single
Ossiana Tepfenhart has noticed that men place a high value on women with hourglass figures and that women go for tall men. Her main point is that people will not go far away from such preferences in choosing a partner. Fat is a turnoff, shortness is a turnoff
I have never attached much importance to appearance in choosing partners but I cheerfully admit to being pleased that my present girlfriend has a great shape as well as being brainy
Where has this term been all my life? Moreover, isn’t it time we be honest about this issue?
Recently, I had a friend send me a link to a Reddit thread that struck a nerve with me. It was on a term that a guy coined — the “desirability ceiling.” The term itself is a phenomenon many people (of all genders) have experienced or felt.
Honestly, this post brought in a huge amount of thought to an issue that we do not really talk about in dating. The truth is, statistics show that certain demographics are going to get more attention and dates than others. It’s time we talk about this.
First off, what is the desirability ceiling?
The best way to explain this is that the “desirability ceiling” acts like the glass ceiling of dating preferences. In economics, the glass ceiling is a term that shows how women can work just as hard as men but “cap out” at a fraction of the earnings.
The desirability ceiling is a social phenomenon that many people have experienced at one point or another. It’s an ugly and discouraging part of dating. These stats show good examples of it:
Statistically, men who are white and women who are Asian are the most likely to get replies back on dating apps.
Women of color are the least likely to get a reply back on dating apps, and are often viewed as the least desirable.
Most Americans marry within their race.
The more a person weighs, the less likely they are to get a reply back on dating apps.
Younger women and men are statistically more desirable than older ones.
Both the desirability ceiling and the glass ceiling have the same effect: for reasons beyond your control, you won’t be able to get as far as someone who is born into the right demographic.
Why does the desirability ceiling exist?
I’d wager that it’s a mix of things.
When it comes to matters of race, a large portion of it deals with the social stigmas that our society holds. People who are underrepresented, marginalized or only represented through “comic relief” stereotypes are seen as low status.
Bad as it is to say, a lot of people do not date who they are attracted to. Rather, they are there to date for security and status. This is why trophy wives exist and why women marry rich men who are shaped like potatoes. It’s a status thing.
However, it isn’t just that. Human attraction is a physical and psychological matter. It’s complex. And studies show that we are wired to look for healthy mates. So, certain traits (a trim figure, not appearing deceased) are going to be more wanted than others.
Is there any way to make the desirability ceiling go away?
I wish I could say yes, but the answer is no.
There is a major issue that people do not want to confront when it comes to dating: life isn’t fair. Dating, by definition, is going to be discriminatory. Attraction is not logical, nor is it controllable.
What’s interesting, though, is that desirability is, to a point, performance-based. The guy with a wicked sense of humor is going to be more attractive than Mr. Dourpants-McSadface.
We as humans cannot and should not try to force ourselves to be with people we’re not attracted to. I mean, who wants to be with someone you have zero interest in? Moreover, does anyone want to be with a partner who’s embarrassed of being with them?
However, there is something that is worth noting that could alleviate the desirability ceiling…
As the Redditor who made this post noted, there is something that seems to change the desirability ceiling a lot. Seeing marginalized people and “conventionally unattractive” people in positive lights diminishes this effect.
Our attraction isn’t totally set in stone. In other words, a lot more people would date a wider range of people if the stigma around their demographic faded into the background.
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Disney boycott: Furious families are swearing off the entertainment conglomerate as they accuse it of 'surrendering to the woke mob' and 'indoctrinating their children'
Furious families are speaking out after Disney CEO Bob Chapek promised to work to overturn Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' so-called Don't Say Gay Bill and apologized to the LGBTQIA community for not being 'a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights.'
His comments came after Disney employees staged a walk-out in protest of the company's response to the new Florida law.
But the reaction was the last straw for many conservative families who are angry that their children's favorite animated films are being used 'to indoctrinate the children of America into becoming the woke activists of tomorrow'.
They also point to other moves by the newly woke Disney, such as including a same-sex kiss in the new Lightyear movie, adding 'racism' warnings on children's classics such as Peter Pan and The Jungle Book, and changing it's greetings at parks from 'boys and girls' greeting to the gender neutral 'dreamers of all ages'.
Texas father of two Trent Talbot, told Fox News that Disney caved in to woke culture.
'Disney has surrendered to the woke mob and is using its platform to indoctrinate the children of America into becoming the woke activists of tomorrow,' he said.
'Kids need entertainment that is a refuge from this crazy culture, where they can be entertained with just great stories and fun characters. And parents should have confidence that their children are seeing and hearing stories that are good and true,' he added.
Talbot also said this is why his company BRAVE Books is working on providing children with alternative options. 'There needs to be more companies that step up and create alternative entertainment options for families.'
Many families see the company's shift to woke policies as hypocritical and parents hit the company from the other side for what they said was pandering to liberal politics.
One of those parents is Ohio mother and grandmother Patti Garibay, who told Fox News she and others should 'void your household of all things Disney.'
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Another GOP Governor Signs Law Protecting Girls’ Sports
GOP Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed the “Save Women’s Sports Act” this week that prevents biological male athletes from competing against females. Republican governors in both Iowa and Arizona have signed similar legislation, as Townhall has covered.
In an interview with Fox News, Stitt said that he thinks the law is “common sense” and that “biological males cannot compete in women’s sports.”
“We’re not going to let it [biological males] be an unfair advantage against them [women],” he added.
The bill Stitt signed states that student-athletes must compete in sports that match their biological sex. This comes after the controversy surrounding biological male swimmer, William “Lia” Thomas, competed on the women’s swim team at University of Pennsylvania this season and won a race at the NCAA swimming championships.
"It's important for me to protect women and girls in sports," Stitt told Fox. "I've got a daughter that's going to be standing behind me, as well as a lot of other women and girls."
"They train and put their whole effort into competing and being the best that they can be," he added.
Female athletes who were present for the signing told Fox News that they were happy with the legislation protecting girls’ sports.
"It's no secret that there is a biological difference between males and females,” said Alyssa Amundsen, who is a former cheerleader for the University of Oklahoma. She added that “our predecessors worked so hard and had a huge victory with Title IX.”
"I think we owe it to them and we owe it to future generations of girls to pass this bill,” she continued.
A University of Oklahoma track and field athlete, Levi Gladd, told Fox that it’s unfair for women to have opportunities taken away “by biological things that they can’t deal with, or overcome.”
This month, two Republican governors vetoed bills protecting girls sports, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb. As Townhall covered, Utah lawmakers overturned Cox’s veto.
Stitt told Fox News that he is "happy to talk to any critics that are basically choosing to stand with someone else over women and sports.”
"In Oklahoma, we're inclusive of anybody and what is your life liberty and pursuit of happiness," the governor said. "We're not going to let a biological male compete against young women."
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Why America’s Labor Force Decline Matters Beyond Current Supply Shortages, Rising Prices
Work is fundamental to human flourishing. Work determines individuals’ incomes and total economic output, and it’s also a core component of meaning and contentment in people’s lives.
A strong work ethic was fundamental to America’s founding, and it enabled America to become one of the most prosperous nations in the world. That’s why the recent decline in labor force participation in the United States is so troubling.
Having declined steadily over the past two decades from a peak of 67.3% in early 2000, the U.S. labor force participation rate plummeted, and has yet to fully recover, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Between February 2020 (prior to the pandemic) and February 2022, the labor force participation rate declined 1.1 percentage points, from 63.4% to 62.3%. That translates into 3 million fewer workers today.
Demographic shifts explain part of the longer-term decline over the past decades. The retirement of the baby boomer generation—which is expected to be fully retired by 2030—is responsible for roughly half of the pre-pandemic labor force decline. And the pandemic appears to have caused some baby boomers to retire earlier than planned, as roughly 1.75 million baby boomers retired in 2021 versus the typical 1 million per year.
But the decline in labor force participation isn’t just older Americans hanging up their work hats a few years early.
The labor force participation rate for America’s core workforce of individuals ages 25 through 54 has declined 2.2 percentage points since 2000. That translates into 2.7 million fewer workers, and 1 million of that loss occurred just over the past two years, during the pandemic.
Labor force declines have been most significant—and troubling—among men. Between 2000 and 2022, the labor force participation rate of men ages 25 through 54 dropped 3.4 percentage points, resulting in 2.2 million fewer prime-age working men today.
Although there has been a slight recovery in labor force participation rates since the start of the pandemic, current economic policies and welfare-without-work government programs are holding back labor force participation.
But people working is what drives output and fuels innovation. It’s only through work that basic necessities such as food and housing are available and that innovations such as automobiles and smartphones that make our lives easier and more mobile are possible.
Work is also essential to support essential government services, such as national defense and a justice system.
A 2017 Heritage Foundation study reported that 71% of young Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 were ineligible to serve in the military because of health problems (obesity, substance abuse, and mental health, to name a few), a lack of education, and criminal records.
As retired Army Lt. Gen. Thomas Spoehr, the report’s author, explains, “A manpower shortage in the United States military directly compromises national security.” (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of the Heritage Foundation.)
On top of that, the more lawmakers continue to expand the size and scope of government—and the national debt—the more that a declining labor force could become a vicious cycle.
For example, entitlement programs have grown so much that current workers pay for 100% of providing Social Security and Medicare benefits to current retirees, including even interest payments on past borrowing from those programs.
But the more the government raises taxes to increase benefits for nonworking Americans, the less people will work.
Most importantly, Arthur Brooks, a Harvard University professor and former president of the American Enterprise Institute, has explained, earned success that comes through work is the secret to human happiness and dignity.
Brooks points out: “To truly flourish, we need to know that the ways in which we occupy our waking hours are not based on the mere pursuit of pleasure or money or any other superficial goal. We need to know that our endeavors have a deeper purpose.”
This is why, regardless of pay, people who feel productive at their jobs are five times as likely to be satisfied in their jobs as those who don’t feel productive.
For the sake of personal and societal happiness, for the sake of financial well-being, for the sake of America’s dire fiscal situation, and for the sake of preserving the foundation of American society, it’s time for lawmakers to recognize the value and rewards of work in the policies they implement.
By protecting individuals’ rights to pursue the type of work that is best for them and not forcing workers into unions, policymakers can expand opportunities for people to achieve meaningful and rewarding work.
By eliminating double taxes on investments, policymakers can expand investments in education, experience, and technology that increase the returns to work.
And by orienting welfare programs toward work instead of hooking people on dependency, lawmakers can help more people achieve their potential.
Work truly affects every aspect of American life. Our economy, our personal well-being, and even our national security depends on it.
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Belgium eyes ban on round goldfish bowls... because they are too STRESSFUL
Round tanks often have a smaller water surface area than square or rectangular ones, which affects the amount of oxygen absorbed into the water.
A small surface area risks the 'health and wellbeing of the fish', according to Belgian government documents.
'We know that the round jar has an impact on fish stress,' animal welfare minister Bernard Clerfayt told La Capitale newspaper.
The proposed ban, which would apply only to the Brussels-Capital region, would prohibit the sale of round bowls but not the use of them.
There is no corresponding law in Britain – but the RSPCA has also warned against fish tanks that have a small water surface area.
Mr Clerfayt added: 'We are not going to start controlling the size of the aquarium in each household. Prohibiting the sale of bowls would be much more effective.'
Fireworks and electric dog collars will also be added to the list of items deemed harmful to pets under the proposed 'Brussels Code of Animal Welfare'.
Belgium already has some of the world's strictest laws against animal cruelty.
The worst cases of animal cruelty are punishable with prison sentences of up to 15 years and fines of up to €10million in the French-speaking south.
In the Dutch-speaking north, MPs brought an end to the ritual slaughter of animals by religious groups, arguing that the animals must be stunned first.
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