The Romance Codex · Volume 2
The Standoff
Why Women Can't Find a Mate and Why Men Are Walking Away
by David Bryan Smith
She asks, “Where are all the good men?” He asks, “Why bother?” Both are describing something real. The Standoff uses the latest research on singlehood, the education gap, dating safety, male loneliness, and the MGTOW movement to show how one problem looks from two sides, and gives men and women a practical plan for going first.
About the book
More young men are single than young women. More women say dating has gotten harder. Women now outnumber men among young college graduates, and the men they’d typically marry are in short supply. Men’s close friendships have collapsed, many young men expect rejection before they try, and a corner of the internet is telling them to walk away from women altogether.
The Standoff, Volume Two of The Romance Codex, takes both complaints seriously. Part One looks at her side: the education gap, the old “marry up” script, the real costs of dating as a woman, and the difference between standards and filters. Part Two looks at his: the young men who stopped dating, the friendship recession, and an honest look inside MGTOW, including which of its grievances are fair and why its conclusion isn’t.
Part Three adds up what the standoff costs both sexes and lays out a five-move deal for each, plus a 90-day plan.
Candid, fair to both sexes, and built on published research, every chapter has a section for men, a section for women, and an exercise you can do tonight.
By David Bryan Smith.
About the author
David Bryan Smith, known as America’s Gentleman Hypnotist, has hypnotized more than 40,000 people and changed lives with a few well-chosen words. He has spent his career learning what makes people tick: what they want, what they fear, and what finally gets them to change. The Romance Codex puts that to work on modern love, in a candid, fair-to-both-sexes field guide for single men and women who want something real. Find him at davidbryansmith.com.