00:01:11.320You know, because a woman basically, unless she's irredeemably unattractive for some reason, can pretty much go out and probably attract somebody that night.
00:01:21.460With guys, that's not necessarily the case.
00:01:23.640Unless they happen to be either, you know, top whatever percentile in terms of looks or they have social status or they're famous, you know?
00:01:29.640So a lot of guys sort of who fall below that find it very, very hard to break through.
00:01:34.500And then when you add on top of that a sort of a lack of social skills or a lack of confidence, a lack of ability to sort of overcome some of the other difficulties they might have.
00:01:43.620You know, there are guys who are really, really finding it very tough.
00:01:46.920And we seem to be coming into this environment now where, you know, the rich get richer, the poor get poorer in terms of dating.
00:01:52.980So the guys who are at the top who are getting traction, they're getting more and more market share, if you like.
00:01:59.320And then the guys at the bottom are getting less and less.
00:02:00.920And that's why we've got this issue of guys who are frustrated.
00:02:04.560And there's, you know, there's sort of the insult thing online and everything like that, you know?
00:02:08.620So I think it's pretty tough out there for a lot of average sort of dudes, I think.
00:02:12.440Yeah, one out of three men are either virgins or haven't had sex in the past year.
00:03:22.620I think looks-wise, it has got tougher for guys.
00:03:24.560And I think, you know, maybe you could say, well, we've had it coming because the guys were sort of like for a long time.
00:03:30.380The looks focus was very much on women.
00:03:32.900But I think now, very much on guys, really.
00:03:35.820You know, again, look through Instagram, dudes with six packs, chiseled, you know, features, all the rest of it.
00:03:42.440And the way that social media has worked and the way that the dating apps has worked has meant that women are now looking at these apps and they're looking at all these, like, top guys, you know, top percentile guys.
00:03:51.940They're like, oh, that guy's super hot.
00:03:53.500And then the bloke who doesn't have those attributes doesn't measure up.
00:03:57.120So she's thinking, well, I want this guy at the top.
00:03:59.260So now guys are being encouraged to level up, you know, which is not altogether a bad thing, right?
00:04:05.320Because self-improvement is good for everybody.
00:04:06.860You know, we should all be doing what we can do to improve ourselves every day, right?
00:04:09.860But at the same time, I think it has got tougher for guys.
00:04:12.880And then in a society like here, like in the UK, there's a lot of guys who are very thirsty and, you know, and they will drop their standards, you know?
00:05:05.480But to answer the question, you have to be prepared to go through a lot of rejection, you know?
00:05:10.120Like, if you're an average guy and you're going to talk to a woman in a coffee shop or, you know, a bar or bookstore or the grocery store, whatever it is, you know, you are going to go through rejection.
00:05:20.420In fact, rejection is the rule and the exception really is to get accepted.
00:05:28.460You know, it's a question of accepting that, being OK with that, being confident and working on yourself every day in order to be the best possible man that you can be.
00:05:36.840But, yeah, a lot of rejection for sure for people.
00:05:39.920I was going to say, well, at least a man has options.
00:05:42.620I feel like women, our options are very, very limited.
00:05:45.300So even if even if a man is getting rejected, at least he knows, OK, fine, I can find another woman who is maybe like a woman that I'm interested in.
00:05:52.460But for a woman, it's very, very difficult.
00:05:55.300I feel like the options for men are very, very low.