Why do men seem so much more desperate to find partners than women, generally speaking?

Contra what women tend to think, most men aren’t desperate — it’s just that they are the ones expected to do nearly everything to start and form a relationship. It’s all on men to face storms of rejection, being called a “creep” simply for existing and trying, and paying for dates, etc. It’s all on men.

Women could change this equilibrium but won’t, because on the surface it benefits them too much (though hurts them in ways they don’t acknowledge).