I’ve seen different takes on the “four horsemen,” but these track them in broad strokes. I’d argue another important factor is government social engineering to make women “equal,” which amounts to using force to privilege women over men. The modern divorce-industrial complex is a big part of this, as you noted, but think of welfare programs that tax working men and their families hardest to give welfare to single mothers, or hiring and admission preferences for women, or sexual harassment laws that are as vague and non-specific as possible by intention, or Trojan horse HR departments and nonprofits run almost exclusively by women.

On top of this, women are cheerled by society to give in to their “whore instincts” instead of marrying early and becoming mothers, so by the time they’re finally ready to settle down, no man wants them. However, they DON’T lower their standards! Feminism has also taught women that it’s fair to expect men to adhere to all their traditional responsibilities while holding them to their own (ie, bring something to the table other than your looks, which will be gone in 10-15 years anyway) is outmoded and sexist. We also have the phenomenon of women’s already high expectations becoming totally divorced from reality because of their inability to discern media from reality and the constant stroking they get from simps on social media. Fortunately, it seems like lots of men are finally wising up to this and mocking these 304s for the idiots that they are (see the “drizzle drizzle” meme for a hilarious example).

Finally, Myron Gaines in “Why Women Deserve Less” makes a compelling argument that as part of the workforce, women are an overall net economic drain on society since they take out way more in government benefits than they produce in economic output.

Amyways, just my 2 cents. Great article! I’m looking forward to the rest of the series.