Love Conquers All

This well-worn cliche, similar to super glue, argues that a single four-letter word will cure everything. The rom-com canon has repeatedly taught people that he or she can cheat, have a criminal record, bad credit, horrible breath, bad manners, and terrible music taste, but it doesn't matter because L-O-V-E is all that matters.

Reality, however, tells a different story. A significant reduction in male college enrollment has resulted in a mating crisis that no amount of love can cure. Women now account for approximately 60% of college students in the United States, with the gender gap widening.

Popular dating apps, according to NYU Professor Scott Galloway, demonstrate that men with college degrees receive significantly more attention than those with no higher education. As a result, "you have the most dangerous person in the world, who is a broke and alone male, and people produce far too many of them," Galloway adds. "The mating inequality that will result from the lack of men in college poses an existential threat to economy and society."