> "Not to be a pedant, but not everybody pairs up 1-1." And that population is mis-matched to anyone who is looking for a pair-bond, so they're irrelevant to a

> "Not to be a pedant, but not everybody pairs up 1-1." And that population is mis-matched to anyone who is looking for a pair-bond, so they're irrelevant to an analysis of the problems of pair-bonding. You mean as well say "not everyone is heterosexual/monogamous/etc". And of course they aren't. But it's hardly useful to suggest successful women can just find happiness if they would simply "choose" to never marry, or pair with another successful woman, or enter a companionate relationship with a homosexual man, or join an already-married couple, or whatever else. One, because only very few people can consciously change what type of relationship they desire. And, two, because the population amenable to such arrangements is so much smaller than the population at large, that it doesn't effectively increase their odds, even if they are open to such arrangements.