Delete comment from: Captain Capitalism
While there is the core of an interesting idea here, this whole section completely turned me off:
"However, while this game of attrition is happening, understand something else is happening. A minority of women, perhaps with a little bit more foresight and maturity, are starting to size up potential marriage candidates. And while they may like the top 20% of men, they are happy to settle for the next quintile of men in the 40-20% range who have perhaps maybe more to offer than ripped pecks. Also other women maybe not the most beautiful of them are, are also thinking with a little foresight, snatching up the next quintile. And before you know it the top three quintiles or 60% of men are off the market.
In short what is happening is the opposite. A minority of women (20% ) are keeping a majority of men (80%) off the marriage market, prohibiting other women from accessing them. How do these women do this? Because they have one trait the majority of women don't have - they're reliable."
The fuck are these numbers? As best I can read this, you're saying that "60% of women are snatching up 60% of men" and somehow wonking the numbers to be 20 and 80. What? I shouldn't have to deparse this, if this is a sensible concept.
May 29, 2013, 8:15:50 PM