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The Michael Shermer Show · 2026-04-03 · 90 min · 19,539 words

Debra Soh on Why Men and Women Are Drifting Apart, Dating Apps, and Gen Z

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The main message from left-leaning media, I say this as a journalist, is that men are terrible. If men are struggling in society, I say this in sixth tension. Men are basically told to go cry into a pillow silently and like left-leaning media doesn't care. The three sixes referred to a man who is over six feet tall, makes over six figures in annual income, and has a penis that is over six inches. long.

So basically the idea is if you are dating a man who does not meet all three of these criteria, you're wasting your time. This is what the message is to women. And like you said, the number of men in America who meet all three of these sixes in terms of this criteria is I when I did the calculation it was maybe 1%. And then when you factor in personality, being straight, unmarried, and then chemistry and all these other factors that would be important when it comes to dating and relationships or marriage, that whittles it down to an even smaller percentage.

I think if both men and women were just honest about what they really want during sex, we would prevent all of this because choking can be fatal. It can lead to loss of consciousness, which can lead to brain damage, it can lead to permanent mental health issues down the line, like dissociation, depression, anxiety. And it's showing that it can also lead to cortical swelling. So there's inflammation in the brain after being choked. And just so your audience has an idea of how prominent this is of university students of women.

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