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Looking at this, singles between 18 and 44, there's just a massive amount of men compared to women: http://jonathansoma.com/singles/#1/6/2/0 http://jonathansoma

Looking at this, singles between 18 and 44, there's just a massive amount of men compared to women: http://jonathansoma.com/singles/#1/6/2/0 http://jonathansoma.com/singles/#1/6/2/0

kuroguro 8y ago
How is that even possible?
- lainga 8y ago
  Hypergamy?
- ronnier 8y ago
  Naturally there are more men born than women. I'd guess also more men than women migrate to the US for work. Men used to die in large number from war and work, not so anymore. So here we are.
  - yorwba 8y ago
    Also young women dating older men. Just look at the excess of female singles at the upper end of the age range on that map.
  - btingle 8y ago
    >Naturally there are more men born than women The ratio of men to women in the US is almost exactly 50/50 (with a slight bias to women!) In fact, that ratio has gone down in favor of women over the years[0], which invalidates your last point. And unless you live in a select few states[1] this holds true. Instead of there being a secret gender imbalance cover up, it seems much more likely to me that cities with large tech industries (like NYC) are just swimming with sausage. [0]https://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-9.pdf https://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-9.pdf [1]https://www.statista.com/statistics/301946/us-population-males-per-100-females-by-state/#0 https://www.statista.com/statistics/301946/us-population-mal...
- gbear605 8y ago
  The website only looks at cities, not at all areas where people live. Simple solution: singles in rural/suburban areas skew female.
  - redisman 8y ago
    Brb starting a tech bros -> rural chicks dating website
gbear605 8y ago
That only charts cities. I strongly suspect that the answer is just that there are unmatched women who lives in more rural/suburban areas. For people between 18 and 44, the number of men very closely matches the number of women. So, ignoring polyamory, the the proportion of singles across America must be very gender-equal. Since that shows that the proportion of singles in cities in male-skewed, the proportion of singles elsewhere must be female-skewed.
- reversecs 8y ago
  The proportion of single women is not skewed in other cities, its skewed in other age groups. You can have the same number of men and women and the older women have a hard time finding a man and the young men have a hard time finding a woman. It makes sense if you think about older men and younger women being able to easily match up and older women and younger men not being able to find anyone.

Looking at this, singles between 18 and 44, there's just a massive amount of men compared to women: http://jonathansoma.com/singles/#1/6/2/0 http://jonathansoma.com/singles/#1/6/2/0

kuroguro 8y ago

How is that even possible?

lainga 8y ago
Hypergamy?
ronnier 8y ago
Naturally there are more men born than women. I'd guess also more men than women migrate to the US for work. Men used to die in large number from war and work, not so anymore. So here we are.
- yorwba 8y ago
  Also young women dating older men. Just look at the excess of female singles at the upper end of the age range on that map.
- btingle 8y ago
  >Naturally there are more men born than women The ratio of men to women in the US is almost exactly 50/50 (with a slight bias to women!) In fact, that ratio has gone down in favor of women over the years[0], which invalidates your last point. And unless you live in a select few states[1] this holds true. Instead of there being a secret gender imbalance cover up, it seems much more likely to me that cities with large tech industries (like NYC) are just swimming with sausage. [0]https://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-9.pdf https://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-9.pdf [1]https://www.statista.com/statistics/301946/us-population-males-per-100-females-by-state/#0 https://www.statista.com/statistics/301946/us-population-mal...
gbear605 8y ago
The website only looks at cities, not at all areas where people live. Simple solution: singles in rural/suburban areas skew female.
- redisman 8y ago
  Brb starting a tech bros -> rural chicks dating website

gbear605 8y ago

That only charts cities. I strongly suspect that the answer is just that there are unmatched women who lives in more rural/suburban areas. For people between 18 and 44, the number of men very closely matches the number of women. So, ignoring polyamory, the the proportion of singles across America must be very gender-equal. Since that shows that the proportion of singles in cities in male-skewed, the proportion of singles elsewhere must be female-skewed.

reversecs 8y ago
The proportion of single women is not skewed in other cities, its skewed in other age groups. You can have the same number of men and women and the older women have a hard time finding a man and the young men have a hard time finding a woman. It makes sense if you think about older men and younger women being able to easily match up and older women and younger men not being able to find anyone.