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I have met some good and nice ladies and I also have met some really bad and annoying bytches.
And then there are those plain Janes.

What draws me towards giving up on women are mainly the double standards, unrealistic high expectations and standards, hypergamy, dating "rules" (which contain double standards too), being picky (picking the hottest or most successful men) and I pick up on senses of entitlements on their ends and I also get a sense, that I am some provider for sharks. Oh there is also the ever growing popularity of 50 Shades of Grey, which makes me not understand women too.

But I also have met good (although taken) women, who aren't subscribing to these, nor do I sense, that they are like that. These kinds of women were nice to me and that alone has evened the scales for me.
I mean I don't blame them if they don't like-like me in that particular way because I understand how attraction works. I also never have interested any woman in my life yet and I am in my mid 20s.

But I'm not sure after all. Should I simply give up on women?

Are there easy ways to be handsome? Handsome like the ladies would dream of. Nothing complicated or overdone or "golden dating rules/laws" as some may call it.

But in all honesty I am strongly unwilling to adopt a stereotype of a handsome and successful man like described in option A. It just completely masks my true self and I think that impressing in that way is just way too overkill.

Got any hints?