Red Pillers Might Agree with the Idea of a Coffee Date

But the rest of the article is ignorant of the truths about intersexual dynamics and female hypergamy. Another female academic carrying on the "dating experiment" initiated by Kerry Cronin.

I recently gave my students an emergency dating assignment: They had two weeks to ask someone out on a date and write about it.https://t.co/AtIVAwo8mz

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) December 26, 2020

Bradford Wilcox on the Suzanne Venker Show

Episode 61. I expect very little discussion of feminism's effects on women's expectations of sex, love, romance, and a very blue-pilled view of reality from Wilcox.

The Soulmate Myth

"In most marriages, knowing that you and your spouse are deeply committed to one another [...] fosters many other marital goods: more trust, more emotional security [...] more fidelity, and a clearer vision for a joint future." @FamStudies https://t.co/xrH19azbxR

— NC Family (@ncfamilyorg) May 20, 2020

Who's more likely to stay idealistic about "soulmates" even through a failed relationship/marriage or two? Men or women? And is the women's "soulmate" ideal anything more than an alpha male? Who's more likely to initiatie divorce because they are no longer satisfied by their spouse? Wilcox isn't going to talk about the problem of feminism and unrestrained hypergamy - female and male feminist donors would stop financially supporting him.

Interesting

Inside the Immaculate World of Russian Orthodox Dating (via Byz TX)

The Dating Project

website

Why did we forget how to date? New documentary aims to find out

Does it address consumerism, feminism, and hypergamy? I doubt it. What would Catholics or Lonerganians know about those topics?

Kerry Cronin: Church21
The Heights
Shape.com

It is a sad world.

Breitbart: Woman Who Disappeared Following Tinder Date Found Dead

What does Mother Dolores Hart make of the movie now?

Where the Boys Are: A Reevaluation

Confessions of Love

Maybe beta confessions of love as shown in this AKB48 PV (and held to be ideal by many immature Asian teenagers) can be somewhat successful with those who are more innocent or naive (or emotionally repressed) -- and after all, don't East Asians mature later? Still, being alpha would be even more effective with the innocent girls.

Where are the men to teach these teenaged males how to be men? And if the ones who are successful in the video are the more assertive and "attractive" males " (there is one rejection), we should not be shocked that so many Japanese men are going their own way and being "herbs."

(Makes one wonder if the AKB48 girls are being genuine in their expression of emotions. Are they really touched by such gestures of "pure love"? Or are they themselves actually waiting for the high-status Japanese men to take ownership of them?

Interview with Social Conservative Mark Regnerus

NCReg

The Blue Pill Mindset Dies Hard

Archbishop Chaput recommends Mark Regnerus's latest.

Sufficient Advice for Countering Hypergamy?

Leaving the Church Frame

Or another version of "why young adult groups are destined to fail as a way to network for people looking for a spouse."

Perhaps it is possible to exercise authority and charisma in a church setting in a way that is in accord with Christianity and nonetheless will attract women. If there is, I don't know what it is.

Usually the environment at church is too egalitarian and there is too much casual familiarity between members of the opposite sex -- or to be more accurate, the men are too nice while the women do not have any respect for the men. Why should they? The men are too nice, and the women are their equals in every other way. What male can stand out from the crowd, except maybe the nice Christian guy who is well-off. Then again, he may be a target for those women who are seeking to settle down but unable to generate any attraction to them. Especially if their 'native' culture emphasizes comfort and consumerism -- she who has the earning power will seek someone better, even if they themselves are blind to their own inclination. (Perhaps willingly blind.)

Do many Uhmerican Christians find themselves stuck in a "nice" mindset, or unable to break the shackles of the Church frame which prevents them from standing out as men? That the popularizers should continue to promote Theology of the Body instead of addressing the real issues between men and women accurately is a strike against Churches who have strayed from the wisdom of their forefathers.

Another Trad Con Presentation of TOB?

Insight Scoop: Practical, 40-Day guide offers plan to detach from today’s toxic dating culture

If one feels like one is trying to hard to generate attraction through conversation with a woman, is that a sign that the difficulty level is too high? (And the woman requires too much work?)

What is the utility of coed Catholic young adult groups, beyond mere socializing? Is it possible these days for men to strengthen attraction in subtle ways? And what's the time frame for him to follow through, such that he is friendzoned after a certain point? It seems to me that most Catholic men who try to be "nice" and "friendly" probably get friendzoned immediately by the women there. Even mere socializing might get them there, since it is not exciting or bold. But would flirting and anything stronger lead to someone no longer being welcome to the group, because he is being too socially "disruptive"?

American Catholics really need to rethink the ways they are trying to get young people to meet.

Socons Deaf to the Androsphere

What socons don't get: hypergamy and the apex fallacy.

Does Dating Still Matter? by Gracy Olmstead

Michael Pakaluk – First Comes Friendship?

Missing Half the Picture

The Unlikely Traditionalism of Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger

She may be right about how to attract a man (but an alpha?), but how about keeping him? What about the duties and long-lasting behavior modifications a woman must make, if she is to avoid divorce?

More Androsphere Memes Showing up at FM

Has there been a change in writers over the blog? (I had always been aware that it was a group blog, given the divergent political perspectives that have appeared in concurrent articles in the past, but such androsphere-friendly articles are relatively new.)

Taylor Swift shows us love in the 21st century

What's an appropriate tag, "red pill truths"?

Related:
Rod Dreher, OTOH, hasn't really changed in his perspective on women: Modern ‘Love’ in the Age of Tinder

Shy Man's Dating School Podcast

List of episodes.