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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you kidding?

OP, my son is currently at a school that is about 58%-42% F to M.

He promptly found himself a girlfriend.

Guy friends are great and are all having a ball. They know they'll never have it this good numbers-wise again in their lives.[/quote]

Colleges are F:M 60:40, why do you assume things will change dramatically after college?

Given how males and females choose their partners, it will be difficult for educated females and less educated males, it’s a numbers game.

Or the norms will have to change for example women will have to be happy with a spouse that is less educated or earns less money, or share a partner with another woman.[/quote]

DP.  Not all schools are heavily female.  Most SLACS and smaller schools are, but not many larger universities.  Better balance there.[/quote]

It’s 58:42 for college enrollment and if you account for the graduation rates it’s 60:40 for bachelor degrees on average over the entire population, not just SLACS.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/08/07/women-continue-to-outpace-men-in-college-enrollment-and-graduation/

A college graduate female looking for a partner with similar background is facing stiff competition, both in college and after graduation. You just can’t match 9 million females with 6 million males. The future of marriage, relationships and family will be very different for the next generations.[/quote] Not having a bachelor's degree doesn't automatically take someone out of the marriage market. People aren't that shallow.[/quote]

It actually does for many women, although income can mitigate that. That’s why the marriage rates among the low income, no BA women are the lowest they’ve been.

It’s easy to find statistics showing that between being single and marrying someone without the desired combination of education and income, women prefer the former, ie rather be single than date a loser.

It’s not about being shallow it’s about the resources needed to start a family. Not saying it’s a good thing or universally true, but that’s how things skew.[/quote]

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