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Most young men are single. Most young women are not. https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3868557-most-young-men-are-single-most-young-women-are-not/ ht

Most young men are single. Most young women are not. https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3868557-most-young-men-are-single-most-young-women-are-not/ https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3868557-most-yo... I guess I'm not surprised young men have turned to AI girlfriends.

glitchc 3y ago
That's not possible from a statistical standpoint unless men account for 80% of the total human population. And we know for a fact that it's a lot closer to 50-50. By extension, it means that if most men do not have a partner, then most women do not either.
- stuckinhell 3y ago
  The key word is "young".
  - glitchc 3y ago
    Among 15 and 20 year olds, the most skewed results (India and China) are 106 to 100, a difference of 6%. Rest of the world is pretty close to 50-50 [1]. [1] https://ourworldindata.org/gender-ratio#:~:text=In%20the%20global%20average%20for,females%20by%20106%20to%20100 https://ourworldindata.org/gender-ratio#:~:text=In%20the%20g....
    - rednerrus 3y ago
      Young women are dating older men. That's why younger men are in fewer relationships. Older women also skew the wrong way for similar reasons.
- _dain_ 3y ago
  it's explained in the article; when there's an age gap it tends to be older man, younger woman rather than the reverse, and there are more out gay/bi women now who are dating each other. and not mentioned but likely a factor: guys with multiple girlfriends.
- rolph 3y ago
  this sounds like all facets of sexuality need consideration. homosexual/onanisexual orientation will smear the numbers, polyamory, needs to be considered also.
- w1nst0nsm1th 3y ago
  Or that some men have more than 1 woman partner, while other men have no partner. It's a mathematical possibility, not that I think it's probable.
0xDEF 3y ago
How does that make sense? Are there significantly more young men than women? Or do the women date older men?
- stuckinhell 3y ago
  Yea they date older men or other women.
  - fnimick 3y ago
    Or multiple women dating the same man, either knowingly, or thinking they are the only one.
- antisthenes 3y ago
  > How does that make sense? Are there significantly more young men than women? Or do the women date older men? Yes, yes, and multiple women can "date" one man.
- tristor 3y ago
  > Or do the women date older men? Yes. This isn't even new, this has been the case for decades. The effects aren't usually heavily pronounced (spouses are usually within 10 years of age of each other), but in almost every marriage on record where the two participants are not of the exact same age, the woman is younger than the man. I think the Internet likely changed things or accelerated some trends, but I'm not a social scientist. But this shouldn't surprise anyone. There's the semi-confirmed belief that women mature faster than men (emotionally/socially) that has stood in to explain this for decades, who knows, it might even be true.
- Volundr 3y ago
  This is an important question the article doesn't even seen to try to answer. It does seem to rule out the "older men" theory as a complete explanation: > Young women are also dating and marrying slightly older men, carrying on a tradition that stretches back more than a century. The average age at first marriage is around 30 for men, 28 for women, according to census figures. If the average difference 8s only 2 years, that doesn't explain the whole gap, and its remarkable just how quickly people are to age difference must be the whole story. So what is it? Are young women less willing to report to a stranger they are single? More likely to report they are in a relationship than just dating? Something else? It's a shame the article does no curiosity about this.

glitchc 3y ago

That's not possible from a statistical standpoint unless men account for 80% of the total human population. And we know for a fact that it's a lot closer to 50-50. By extension, it means that if most men do not have a partner, then most women do not either.

stuckinhell 3y ago
The key word is "young".
- glitchc 3y ago
  Among 15 and 20 year olds, the most skewed results (India and China) are 106 to 100, a difference of 6%. Rest of the world is pretty close to 50-50 [1]. [1] https://ourworldindata.org/gender-ratio#:~:text=In%20the%20global%20average%20for,females%20by%20106%20to%20100 https://ourworldindata.org/gender-ratio#:~:text=In%20the%20g....
  - rednerrus 3y ago
    Young women are dating older men. That's why younger men are in fewer relationships. Older women also skew the wrong way for similar reasons.
_dain_ 3y ago
it's explained in the article; when there's an age gap it tends to be older man, younger woman rather than the reverse, and there are more out gay/bi women now who are dating each other. and not mentioned but likely a factor: guys with multiple girlfriends.
rolph 3y ago
this sounds like all facets of sexuality need consideration. homosexual/onanisexual orientation will smear the numbers, polyamory, needs to be considered also.
w1nst0nsm1th 3y ago
Or that some men have more than 1 woman partner, while other men have no partner. It's a mathematical possibility, not that I think it's probable.

0xDEF 3y ago

How does that make sense? Are there significantly more young men than women? Or do the women date older men?

stuckinhell 3y ago
Yea they date older men or other women.
- fnimick 3y ago
  Or multiple women dating the same man, either knowingly, or thinking they are the only one.
antisthenes 3y ago
> How does that make sense? Are there significantly more young men than women? Or do the women date older men? Yes, yes, and multiple women can "date" one man.
tristor 3y ago
> Or do the women date older men? Yes. This isn't even new, this has been the case for decades. The effects aren't usually heavily pronounced (spouses are usually within 10 years of age of each other), but in almost every marriage on record where the two participants are not of the exact same age, the woman is younger than the man. I think the Internet likely changed things or accelerated some trends, but I'm not a social scientist. But this shouldn't surprise anyone. There's the semi-confirmed belief that women mature faster than men (emotionally/socially) that has stood in to explain this for decades, who knows, it might even be true.
Volundr 3y ago
This is an important question the article doesn't even seen to try to answer. It does seem to rule out the "older men" theory as a complete explanation: > Young women are also dating and marrying slightly older men, carrying on a tradition that stretches back more than a century. The average age at first marriage is around 30 for men, 28 for women, according to census figures. If the average difference 8s only 2 years, that doesn't explain the whole gap, and its remarkable just how quickly people are to age difference must be the whole story. So what is it? Are young women less willing to report to a stranger they are single? More likely to report they are in a relationship than just dating? Something else? It's a shame the article does no curiosity about this.