International Brotherhood of Men

It is both unprincipled and illogical to grant these classes of persons the accommodations they are properly afforded but to simultaneously fail to even recognize that appearance is just as instrumental in determining one’s opportunity for success in life.

We in the IBM advocate for the implementation through legislation of laws that will provide special protected status to those who have been unfortunate enough to inherit inferior genetics that have consigned them to a life of rejection, revulsion and contempt due to their appearance.

Basic human dignity, principles of fundamental fairness and the notion of equal protection demand that such individuals be given a fair chance to compete in life with those who have inherited genetic qualities which predispose them to great success.

Appearances matter and perception is reality.

Our policy recommendations on this particular point proceed on the basis of these universal axiomatic truths.

2. The problem of dating apps and our solution

Any man living in any Western country knows that the modern-day proverbial dating game is rigged in favor of women.

The problems are multifarious but they arise from a singular point of causation.

Women’s attitudes towards men are heavily influenced by their own subjective perception of self-worthy.

Any appraisal of one’s own value, whether it be by intellectual, professional or aesthetic metrics, will invariably and inextricably be connected to the extent to which that person receives positive feedback, thereby validating their sense of worth and enhancing their ego.

Dating apps, much like social media more generally, are tremendous force multipliers for women’s egos and serve to artificially and unnaturally elevate their own appraisal of both self-worth as well as their subjective sense of how attractive they are.

Online venues such as Tinder, Instagram and Match.com are powered by algorithmically driven selection processes which always favor women to the determent of the men on these apps or sites.

Women whose egos and subjective perception of their own aesthetic value will always seek to match with men who are objectively more attractive and superficially more appealing than they are.

This results in an imbalance in the ratio of men who match with women of their choosing in relation to women who are able to match with men of their choosing.

The consequences of this process are deleterious not merely to the men who are unfairly prejudiced by a system that elevates women to a position of greater selectivity and individual discretion then they would otherwise experience but it is likewise deleterious to the women themselves as it serves to deceive them in to believing that they have greater appeal then they actually do, thereby resulting in them rejecting men on the basis of mere aesthetic criteria who may have otherwise been ideally suited to be a life partner.

Our solution to this problem is as expedient as it is necessary.

We propose that the algorithms which drive dating websites be calibrated in such a way so that they select for an individual’s looks match by evaluating the aesthetic, morphologic and general physical characteristics of each end user and then matching them with a user of the opposite sex who is most comparable to them.

Since we abominate the superficiality which is intrinsic to the current dating apps and since we believe that a more holistic assessment will yield more satisfying and lasting results, we also recommend the implementation of a system whereby individuals are matched on the basis of similar interests, personalities, experiences and other considerations which will likely be conducive to the sustainability of a future relationship.

3. The problem of infidelity and our solution

There was a time when the sanctity of marriage was considered to be nearly inviolate and the vows which a man and a woman took when they pledged to remain true, loyal and devoted to one another were taken with the solemnity and gravitas as was befitting a lifelong commitment forged by love.