"A common observation, about both the Internet dating world and the world at large, is that there is an apparent surplus of available women, especially in their thirties and beyond, and a shortage of recommendable men. The explanation for this asymmetry, which isn’t exactly news, is that men can and usually do pursue younger women, and that often the men who are single are exactly the ones who prefer them. For women surveying a landscape of banished husbands or perpetual boys, the biological rationale offers little solace. Neither does the Internet." – from Looking for Someone, an article about online dating in this week's New Yorker
Asymmetry
"A common observation, about both the Internet dating world and the world at large, is that there is an apparent surplus of available women, especially in their thirties and beyond,…
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Sadly, this seriously suggests that I fall outside the “recommendable men” category… 🙁
Sadly, this seriously suggests that I fall outside the “recommendable men” category… 🙁