The supposed few eligible men in the top 10% is really a myth, as most of those high value guys usually marry young and have kids, and are off the market. These are the 35-45 year old's you see barbecuing on the weekends in their 4-bed room McMansions. The actual "top" 10% are the players or serial daters, who may or may not have money. In either case, both sets of men will go for younger women, with the suburban dads marrying their college or HS sweethearts between 18-25, and the players marrying the 25-year old when they hit 35+ and can't pull off the swinger routine anymore.

Given that very few people, male or female, make high salaries ($80k+) who are under 35, most men and women in that age group are effectively all within each other's salary range. It's only after 35 when start to see a real divergence in income and net worth, as even professionals are paying off student loans or getting businesses off the ground.

So, I'm not buying this idea that men "aren't keeping up." What they're leaving out is that many women are leaving college heavily indebted, and often with not the most worthwhile degrees. Both sexes are falling behind, because the American standard of living overall is shrinking due to inflation and HCOL. The difference is some women feel like they're ahead because they have degrees, or have some fancy job title, despite also having $70k+ in student loan debt.

Have women made big strides in income, education, and job access? Obviously. But this whole "men are falling behind" narrative is mainly propaganda that ignores the reality that everyone is falling behind.