It's all according to plan. I find it very interesting that every time the CIA infiltrates country the first thing it does is it pushes feminism to the women (and I don't mean egalitarianism which is just gender equality... it's the disrespect men, destroy men in all ways possible, emulate the worst male behaviors and label them as empowering, worship mental illness as some sort of virtue type feminism... essentially create the worst human being possible completely incompatible with pair bonding) and on the men they try to get them hooked on vice. Porn, Gambling etc. Anything debilitating.
[[this is not a disputable item of conversation if you want to read about what the CIA does, many dossiers have been Declassified we have the Wikileaks as well as information that has been put out by Snowden, our tactics are not unknown in fact they're most likely for sale as is everything else in the west]]
Now pair psychological warfare with poor economy. As you can tell from every other comment it's clear that women are interested in men that can financially provide for them. There is nothing wrong with this statement it is evolutionarily correct and correct according to all the abrahamic religions so science and religion both both agree that the provider and protector role is best suited to the men. And also that the men will derive the most satisfaction from performing these roles. And as we are now seeing from a multiplicity of feminist research that women do not typically prefer this role and their happiness suffers as a result. And even wilder living in a way counter to our biology will cause women&men to get uglier via hormones that cause bodily changes.(that one still blows my mind!!!)
So psychological warfare aka "American culture" ( whatever the f*** that is) economy (aka robber barons), and living in a way counter to our evolution... I can see how parabonding might take a bit of a backseat until humans start getting off planet Earth.
Silver lining... this idea that everyone needs to pair bond is relatively new. For a lot of human history many people never pair bonded. I forget the exact stats but it certainly was never close to what it is now, or what it was for the past three decades.
My only advice is to do what women of the past did create openings for the men that you like so they can pick up that handkerchief hand it back to you and start up a conversation!!! Maybe you see a guy you like at the gym maybe bring some flash cards and ask him to quiz you while you're walking next to each other.
You certainly don't have to go all the way toward engaging and asking out but you can certainly provide an opening!!!!!
I'd wish you good luck but I'm hording all the luck I can for now tata!