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and that sex is some kind of competition.

There may be a number of bad takes in the article, but this one isn't it. Sex is undeniably a competition in every society, has been and will be throughout history. This is obviously from a male perspective. Men and women don't compete for the same things.

To deny that is a delusion in its own category of absurdity.

Women often have impossible beauty standards marketed towards them

Not anymore, really. That was the trend in the 90s. You're about 30 years late. None of the women I regularly speak to has expressed any kind of pressure to conform to these standards.

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