Viliam comments on Open thread, Sep. 14 - Sep. 20, 2015 - Less Wrong
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Men without families have always been considered expendable. The whole concept of army is built around that. I'm not saying it's right; I'm just saying it's old as history.
The new thing is that "having sex" has been completely divorced from "having a family", so now some stigma (less) is associated with not having a family, and some stigma (more) is associated with not having sex. It makes sense this way, because being unable to attract someone implies being unable to start a family. Again, I'm describing here, not making a moral judgement; I don't have a problem with people not reproducing.
It sucks to have low status. But it is stupid to needlessly tell strangers "hey, I have low status".