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Nope, you're wrong. That's exactly how it works.
This "theory" is based on assumptions of how people choose to act. The key part being choice. If all women who have the ladder mentality decided that they were going to start looking at relationships in completely different way than ladder theory would be exposed.
Paradigms change.
For a while, in different parts of the america, it was generally true that white people thought minorities were inferior. That's not so much the case anymore. People realized that that way of thinking was bullshit and moved on. Please keep in mind that i am not trying to associate you or ladder theory with racism. I'm just trying to point out that social constructs are manufactured by humans and can be altered by humans.
For you this theory may hold true most of the time, but you must realize that "most of the girls you know" as a group probably does not accurately represent all the women of the world. As it stands, most of the people i know would probably think that ladder theory is bullshit.
I agree that ladder theory portrays mentalities that do exist. I disagree that they are anywhere near as pervasive or inherent as its author would imply.
If you don't want to defend it, feel free to ignore me.
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