Progressivism is what is causing the herbivore situation in Japan.

Japanese women want a rich husband to take care of them.

The herbs refuse to work 60 hr weeks to obtain such a status and thus drop out of society.

Female empowerment leads to them having ridiculous expectations for a spouse. (e.g: China)

(You agree that the west's progressivism is further than Asia's, right? Why is it that in the west, a marriage where men's income is lower than women's is more socially acceptable and possible than Asia's? This is all about breaking out of the mentality that men SHOULD be the beta provider as a matter of fact. We need to progress faster, not get stuck in our old shit.)

But thats not what women want

No matter how much society is accepting of it, they will ALWAYS want a man that has more resources than they do.

Even if they marry a man who makes less than they do, as soon as she meets a 6'4" investment banker she will jump ship in a heartbeat.

Trying to fix hypergamy is just impossible, don't even bother.