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Single? It might not be your fault.
#Incerto readers. I could use some help here. It'll take me years to do this alone.
#Incerto readers. I could use some help here. It'll take me years to do this alone.
Right off the bat. You've been told all your life the gender ratio is 50/50. This is false and a BIG deal.
The gender ratio at birth is commonly claimed to be 1.03 - 1.07 males to every 1 female. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sex_ratio
The gender ratio at birth is commonly claimed to be 1.03 - 1.07 males to every 1 female. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sex_ratio
Some implications.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States#Population
In the 18-30 bracket in the US there's probably 1 million "excess" (I guess) men.
1. Monogamy is impossible for all men.
2. Even the worst woman in the US hypothetically would have the ability to date a man who is 1 in a million.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States#Population
In the 18-30 bracket in the US there's probably 1 million "excess" (I guess) men.
1. Monogamy is impossible for all men.
2. Even the worst woman in the US hypothetically would have the ability to date a man who is 1 in a million.
There's a few other things I thought of here.
Dating within your own "race".
I don't know what the gender ratio is across races. I don't know what it is globally, and I don't know what it is in the US.
Dating within your own "race".
I don't know what the gender ratio is across races. I don't know what it is globally, and I don't know what it is in the US.
I do know if women strictly dated within their own country (or even more "locally"), and within their own races: their dating pool would be smaller.
Found this while making this thread. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/06/the-rise-of-multiracial-and-multiethnic-babies-in-the-u-s/
Found this while making this thread. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/06/the-rise-of-multiracial-and-multiethnic-babies-in-the-u-s/
MONEY.
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/09/24/record-share-of-americans-have-never-married/
Scroll down to the heading "What Never-Married Adults Are Looking For in a (Potential) Spouse".
The claim is that nearly 80% of women list a stable job as "very important" in a spouse.
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/09/24/record-share-of-americans-have-never-married/
Scroll down to the heading "What Never-Married Adults Are Looking For in a (Potential) Spouse".
The claim is that nearly 80% of women list a stable job as "very important" in a spouse.
Listen man. In 2019-2020 a trending meme is something like "you'll never find a man with these 3 traits" and one of them is "has a bed frame".
I don't think "very important" goes far enough. I think women are pretty intolerant on the money thing. Especially young ones.
I don't think "very important" goes far enough. I think women are pretty intolerant on the money thing. Especially young ones.
But I don't even need to go that far. I'll let the data do the talking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States#Income_distribution
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ also claims $100k in today's money would have been ~$313k in 1980.
If someone wants to chime in about the unemployment rate, that would be helpful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States#Income_distribution
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ also claims $100k in today's money would have been ~$313k in 1980.
If someone wants to chime in about the unemployment rate, that would be helpful.
I found this while writing this thread out.
https://www.thespruce.com/estimated-median-age-marriage-2303878
I'm wondering if that works as a proxy for how badly people are getting squeezed.
Looks like my grandparents would have had things easy. Greatest generation my ass.
https://www.thespruce.com/estimated-median-age-marriage-2303878
I'm wondering if that works as a proxy for how badly people are getting squeezed.
Looks like my grandparents would have had things easy. Greatest generation my ass.
Also a surprise to me would be the implication that women are getting squeezed HARD in modern times. Harder than at any point in the past.
Is it money? Is it the tyranny of choice; having too many options?
Is it money? Is it the tyranny of choice; having too many options?
MORALITY.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery#Prevalence
Adultery is super common. I think I'd prefer 0 instances of adultery. Like I think I'd prefer adultery be punishable by death, and if you cuckhold someone: they hang you by your ankles and saw you in half or something.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery#Prevalence
Adultery is super common. I think I'd prefer 0 instances of adultery. Like I think I'd prefer adultery be punishable by death, and if you cuckhold someone: they hang you by your ankles and saw you in half or something.
I might hold off on the rest of the morality section.
