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[quote=Anonymous]There is power over sex and power over marriage.  Women generally have power over sex until they hit their late 30s (assuming they age normally).  The issue is that women all chase the same few men.  Because those men have control over sex and consume it with reckless abandon, women complain that they can't find a man.  The problem is that they won't date men with fewer options, so they're competing in a horrible game of musical chairs to win one of the few men who are openly desirable (tall, handsome, and an earner or wealthy).

Women used to control marriage by creating a cartel around sex, but they gave up that market power in the 60s, so now men control whether they marry.  However, the mediocre men who aren't having sex can't find a wife, so the mediocre men and leftover women are choosing to be alone rather than coupling with each other.

I met DH when he and all of his friends were still single.  DH was the first of the group to propose and we were married about a year after our first date.  In the next two years, all of DH's friends, who are exactly the types DCUM would have coveted in their 20s, got married.  It was amazing to see how quickly it happened.  Of the roughly twelve guys, not one proposed to a girl in her 30s.  All were in their early-to-late 20s.

When a woman hits 30 without an engagement ring, she needs to choose whether to settle or be alone.

So, to answer:  Quality men have all the control over sex and marriage.  No one else wins in the current dating market.  [/quote]

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