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In reply to the discussion: Most young men are single. Most young women are not. [View all]Fiendish Thingy
(15,813 posts)If there are approximately the same number of young men and young women, the math doesnt work out, unless you include lesbian and polygamous relationships, as well as asexual individuals.
Including same sex relationships still doesnt make the math work, as those women, unless bisexual, wouldnt be a part of the pool available to be in a relationship with a single man.
My math guesstimate says of the 60% of young women who arent single, half of them (30% of the total) would need to be in same sex/polygamous relationships to account for the 60% of single men.
Is my calculator broken?
Edit to add:
I didnt think about younger women in relationships with older men- but still, that would mean half of non-single women were in relationships with older men, other women, or polygamous relationships.