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The Myth of the Marriage Market
A few years back someone had created a website called the Female Delusion Calculator. Using data collected from surveys conducted by the United States Census Bureau and National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the website claimed it could calculate the chances of a woman meeting the man of her dreams in the United States.
How? Single women would input the desired age range, height range, race, and minimum acceptable income of their ideal male partner and the website would then calculate the proportion of men of that race, height and income level within the age range you specified. The website would also rank how “delusional” your preference was, by assigning you one to five bags of kitty litter. The higher or more specific your standards were the more likely you were to become a lonely old cat lady. In the words of the creator…
How did I come up with the Female Delusion Calculator idea?
During my “dating career” as a man living in North America I couldn’t help noticing that women often have unrealistic expectations. They see themselves being passed around by those high quality men they feel entitled for, failing to realize those few men are in high demand. Time passes, options shrink, their standards don’t change and they wonder why they are still single.
The stats can prove there’re not enough high quality…
