Men aren't approaching women anymore

[Ulax]

I'd say its more because mainstream advice for how to get girls is dogshit, and also comes from a frame of pedastalising the girl.

So dudes can't see a way that it would actually work in their minds, and it seems kind of humiliating.

[Basman]

6 hours ago, Emotionalmosquito said:

 it may not even matter if the cold approach crowd has always been rather small.

That's kind of the crux of the issue. I don't think cold approaching has ever really been that common. Everyone I know who's been in a relationship has been through social circle, including the older people I know.