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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Thu Aug 18 23:18:02 2005, in response to Still more proof of the Woman Shortage, posted by Peter Rosa on Thu Aug 18 10:42:53 2005. Oh finally, I have the time to reply to the top post...I guess I could sit down and write, you're right, that I have no hope, and nearly no chance of finding a g/f. But I won't... Some have attributed the drop to decreasing infant mortality rates. Since the 1940s, we've had more male births than female births. And with the drop in infant mortality, the male babies who were more likely to die off are more likely to live now. The extra male births have created a glut of males. In addition, with the religious life less common among the young, it's another pool of men who previously didn't date is currently looking for dates. The thing about the woman shortage is that coincidentally, the women that I know have trouble finding men. Manhattan is filled with single women who complain that they're not able to find men. The problem isn't that there aren't any men around, but there aren't any men who meet their standards. For some women, if your salary isn't above $125K, and your position isn't something that they can brag about, you're quite useless for them. Women have a tendency to avoid marrying downwards, and with increasing numbers of women in college and in professional fields, you're going to find that many of them will refuse to date the busdriver or mechanic. Remember, the women on Sex and the City found men. The only thing was that they just weren't happy with them. BTW, hasn't the bump in immigration rates in the States during the 1980s and 1990s produced an extra bump in terms of male/female ratios? It's usually young men who flee their countries. |
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