Something I see a lot here is this whole "women only want the top 10-20%" thing. Is that about women that are also in/near that bracket themselves? Or just attractive women in general? Because there are a few threads I've come across where the meaning sways around.
This idea refers to the Top 80% of women only wanting the Top 10-20% of men.
Most men don't think it is an issue when a woman who rates 8-9 on the SMV scale seeks a man who rates 8-9 on SMV scale. When these men and women get together, these are equals getting together. There can be some successful pairings in this range, even longer term pairings. If a man who rates 8-9 ever decides to commit to one woman, he's likely to commit to a woman in his equivalent range. A man who rates at a 9 can easily get sex from women in the 5.5 - 7.9 range, while also getting sex from women who are 8-9s. He has abundance.
What frustrates a lot of men is when very average women (4.5 - 6.4 SMV scale) only demand top tier men (8.5+). It's very common in recent times to see women who rates around the 6 level believe that they are entitled to men who rate around the 9 level. These women demand nothing less than a 9 due to the fact that they have gotten some attention from top guys mainly on social media and dating apps, with possibly some instances of same night sex from the bar as well.
The problem becomes when a woman in the 5-6 level range rejects all men close to her own level. This has been happening more and more. Social media, smartphones, and dating app increased the amount of options all women have, including from men far above their own SMV rating. Women are inclined to only seek the best options from their abundance. While these best options will give them short term sex, they won't commit to them longer term. When this happens, a woman increases her notch count and decreases her long term pair bonding ability. This is called riding the penis carousel / cocck carousel in the red pill/black pill space.
Rollo Tomassi has frequently said that the average rated woman today wants nothing to do with the average rated man today.
At the same time, a lot of decent men in the 5 - 7 range suffer when women in the same range ignore them and seek the Top 10-20%. In the past, when women had less abundance of options, they soon realized that it would be good for them to find a good man who was close to their SMV range. This isn't happening today. These men either need to date someone a 2+ SMV points lower or go without.
What's happening today is that men in the 8-10 range are getting a larger share of the women in the 5+ range, leaving men who rate below an 8 either without partners or struggling a lot to get partners who are often beneath their own SMV level. All of these unmatcched men have to do something in life. A lot of them are turning to OnlyFans, porno tube websites, AI girlfriends, traveling to non-Western countries, or other mechanisms in addressing this imbalance.