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Most young men are single. Most young women are not. [View all] applegrove Feb 2023 OP

Not so long ago the single guys I knew changed their fate chowder66 Feb 2023 #1

Wait. How did this supply imbalance occur? LonePirate Feb 2023 #2

Lebians are a fast growing group. Women marry older men. applegrove Feb 2023 #4

Except lesbians do not account for that 30 point difference. LonePirate Feb 2023 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Feb 2023 #10

No, their partners would come from within that 3.5%, not a separate 3.5%. LonePirate Feb 2023 #13

You are right. applegrove Feb 2023 #16

It does sound off Effete Snob Feb 2023 #15

Presumably the number of gay men and lesbian women balance themselves out. meadowlander Feb 2023 #20

Women are potentially more likely to identify themselves as in a relationship meadowlander Feb 2023 #12

Yes, that could explain it well treestar Feb 2023 #98

You're right. The data claim in this article is suspect. SYFROYH Feb 2023 #17

Women in their 20s tend to date and have relationships with older men. Yavin4 Feb 2023 #37

Soon enough those 20 year old men will be 30 chasing after 20 something girls who boston bean Feb 2023 #42

Something like that but those women once they age out of their 20s Yavin4 Feb 2023 #44

It comes from this Pew survey here muriel_volestrangler Feb 2023 #51

The 104 boy births to 100 girl births is old science. The article applegrove Feb 2023 #53

This would require young women to be in almost as many relationships with older men as young men. LonePirate Feb 2023 #55

Maybe gay men marry later than lesbian women? applegrove Feb 2023 #56

Probably because younger women are considered by many to be the hottest catch Polybius Feb 2023 #112

Yet women are the majority of the population. maxsolomon Feb 2023 #3

In a relationship with other women Stuckinthebush Feb 2023 #6

Men also die less in war these days. Lesbians are growing in number. applegrove Feb 2023 #8

Lebians! BlackSkimmer Feb 2023 #11

Migrating from Lebanon, no doubt. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2023 #24

Stop!!! BlackSkimmer Feb 2023 #25

Good thing I didn't start in on the thespians. They're always acting up. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2023 #29

Snerk. BlackSkimmer Feb 2023 #32

I guess I am a Lebian now (lesbian plus I have a wee bit of Lebanese from mummy's Bajan side) Celerity Feb 2023 #69

LOL! applegrove Feb 2023 #105

Plebeian lesbians, I think. milestogo Feb 2023 #38

Love this place! BlackSkimmer Feb 2023 #39

No, it's the dreaded Lebian Majorans! hatrack Feb 2023 #54

Seriously -- wtf does that even mean obamanut2012 Feb 2023 #99

We will solve this problem very soon. roamer65 Feb 2023 #21

A "glut of males" and "Lebians" growing! BlackSkimmer Feb 2023 #26

Will you stop misspelling lesbians? obamanut2012 Feb 2023 #97

Age group Effete Snob Feb 2023 #18

Don't forget "past their prime" now. BlackSkimmer Feb 2023 #27

You have to read all of the words. Mariana Feb 2023 #19

Those excess 30 women are in relationships with older men Yavin4 Feb 2023 #45

Interesting gay texan Feb 2023 #7

Living at home with your parents and not working ? MichMan Feb 2023 #9

The way many MuseRider Feb 2023 #14

Not a good trend if you look at history DetroitLegalBeagle Feb 2023 #22

The China Syndrome? roamer65 Feb 2023 #23

There was an few articles years ago that read where I first heard about this theory DetroitLegalBeagle Feb 2023 #28

It's true. roamer65 Feb 2023 #41

Indeed. nt Duppers Feb 2023 #85

Gunner Heinsohn LudwigPastorius Feb 2023 #78

Before I transitioned vercetti2021 Feb 2023 #30

+100 applegrove Feb 2023 #31

It's fantastic that transitioning has helped you to learn that self confidence. BlackSkimmer Feb 2023 #33

Yeah isn't it beautiful? vercetti2021 Feb 2023 #34

Lol, I wish I could agree with you! BlackSkimmer Feb 2023 #35

The larger issue here is that our culture does a really poor job of socializing our young men. Yavin4 Feb 2023 #36

Growing up in the 70's, getting a license at 16 & buying a junky car was a rite of passage. MichMan Feb 2023 #66

Kids are raised much, much differently today. Yavin4 Feb 2023 #70

People needed cars just as much 30 years ago and teenagers all wanted one when they turned 16 MichMan Feb 2023 #106

This video explains my position Yavin4 Feb 2023 #107

Yes. Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #110

My last summer home from college was when I was 20. roamer65 Feb 2023 #84

I was 19. Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #111

Yes. Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #40

This.... MichMan Feb 2023 #67

In fairness, it's probably less a maturity than a cost of housing issue these days. meadowlander Feb 2023 #73

I lived in a two bedroom garage apartment with three other women in Austin. Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #75

I know Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #74

Assuming nearly equal amounts of males and females, the math doesn't work out Fiendish Thingy Feb 2023 #43

See my post below. Yavin4 Feb 2023 #47

wtaf: "they will go for men who are economically established enough to be the primary/sole provider" obamanut2012 Feb 2023 #101

Also, this is a by-product of modern day capitalism. Yavin4 Feb 2023 #46

Also gaming. applegrove Feb 2023 #48

Nope. Yavin4 Feb 2023 #49

You have to agree that gaming increases the survival rate of adrenaline crazy young applegrove Feb 2023 #50

Again. Nope. Yavin4 Feb 2023 #52

I would not go out with many gamers. usedtobedemgurl Feb 2023 #109

I'm a gamer vercetti2021 Feb 2023 #57

I knew a woman who had a great boyfriend. He didn't want children applegrove Feb 2023 #59

Gaming can be addicting if they let it vercetti2021 Feb 2023 #60

It's the opposite. betsuni Feb 2023 #64

The jobs available to them in their 20s don't pay enough for them to provide for a family. Yavin4 Feb 2023 #71

That is why we had roommates. Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #76

For many of these young men in our dying empire, it will be never. roamer65 Feb 2023 #77

There are union apprenticeship programs. Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #79

Yes, but not all will have the aptitude needed nor motivation required. roamer65 Feb 2023 #81

A lot make it. Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #82

+1000 roamer65 Feb 2023 #83

We have onsite daycare . Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #86

Why enable the stupid and lazy? MichMan Feb 2023 #113

It is the same in teh US, too obamanut2012 Feb 2023 #102

Plenty of opportunities for people who aren't interested in college to start a career in the trades MichMan Feb 2023 #68

" man who is in a position to provide for a family." women can do that just as well as men do now uponit7771 Feb 2023 #94

An unexpected child is a good way to lock a woman into a shitty relationship NickB79 Feb 2023 #58

My mom was a single mother vercetti2021 Feb 2023 #61

My mom stuck it out for almost 20 years NickB79 Feb 2023 #62

I'm so sorry vercetti2021 Feb 2023 #63

Wait it out, young dudes. Wingus Dingus Feb 2023 #65

This is good for Planet Earth. roamer65 Feb 2023 #72

A lot of older women have no desire to marry/remarry GenThePerservering Feb 2023 #80

Great post obamanut2012 Feb 2023 #104

I never had a desire to be married. Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #114

Do you really think they are smart enough to connect the dots to this point? soldierant Feb 2023 #87

Oh as always it is the powers that be in the GOP in either faction that connect the dots then applegrove Feb 2023 #88

Oh, yes. soldierant Feb 2023 #89

I am single, I have been single for a long time, and I have not gone on a date in years ck4829 Feb 2023 #90

But ... excuse me for being nosy, but why was money a problem with your ex? betsuni Feb 2023 #91

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2023 #96

This doesn't make sense unless women report they are in a relationship with men Scrivener7 Feb 2023 #92

OR the women are dating older guys. OR the guys who are dating are dogging around Bucky Feb 2023 #93

It's 30 percent, though. With that number, intuitively your second possibility makes more sense. Scrivener7 Feb 2023 #100

wouldn't that have always been the case? treestar Feb 2023 #95

" [women] .. don't need to be married." Is a ***HUGE*** chunk of this. Happened in East Germany uponit7771 Feb 2023 #103

This video provides an explanation of this phenomenon Yavin4 Feb 2023 #108