"The average man did not suddenly become less romantic, he became less naive."
There was a time when the average man was incredibly naive about women. He had very little access to their private conversations, desires, sexual proclivities, dating strategies or what they really thought about men.
The men who understood more were usually the men with extraordinary exposure to women, players, womanizers, pimps, celebrities, wealthy men, etc. but were a tiny percentage of the male population. Most regular men simply didn’t have enough experience to know.
Social media changed that forever. Now a 25 year old man with an average job, average income and very little dating experience can gain insight on how women truthfully feel about sex, cheating, marriage, money, dating and what they actually desire.
Whether everything he hears is representative is a different question. But he’s being exposed to information that men like him in the past just weren’t aware of. People severely underestimate how much this has changed the dating landscape.
The average man did not suddenly become less romantic, he became less naive.