> most single women I know in NYC are pretty successful career-wise, and seem to prefer a man who's at least their equal or higher That is, from what I can tel

> most single women I know in NYC are pretty successful career-wise, and seem to prefer a man who's at least their equal or higher That is, from what I can tell, rayiner's point. As the world goes from one in which there were many college-educated men for every college-educated woman to an oversupply of college-educated women per college-educated man, that preference will become a self-inflicted (due to preference) disadvantage when it comes to dating. That seems to be rayiner's premise, and it seems to be true, unless preferences and habits evolve as the landscape evolves (which I think will be true).