I think there's a fundamental asymmetry in the dating 'market' which doesn't require the depressing exercise of assigning everyone a number. Young women genera

I think there's a fundamental asymmetry in the dating 'market' which doesn't require the depressing exercise of assigning everyone a number. Young women generally will only date men her age or older. So for example a 22 yo woman would date men in the large pool between 22 and 30. Meanwhile the 22 yo man doesn't have much opportunity to date older or younger. However, when the woman hits 30, the situation has reversed and the 'marriageable' men in her pool are dating younger women. Whether someone is a '5' or an '8' isn't necessarily an inherit characteristic and has a lot to do with their life circumstances.