I can understand why people think of these as "market problems," but I think this angle tends to loom larger than it actually is. It's at its strongest in a 19

I can understand why people think of these as "market problems," but I think this angle tends to loom larger than it actually is. It's at its strongest in a 19 year old, "dorm room" context. These times mean a lot to people, but in practicality this is a short period of time at the end of adolescence. Overall in life, relationships are not generally like a market. There's no "50% of the girls shagged 50% of the guys" stuff to make it like one. Mostly people are in monogamous relationships. Discrepancies (in the article) are smaller and are from dating patterns between age brackets. In any case, why analogize? Think of it as a culture. Dating culture. Marriage culture. Late 40s hookup culture. Whatever "failures" exist are cultural failures. If it really was mostly a market situation, the market would clear.