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Re:Single Women: There Aren't Enough College-Educated Men Ou... by kbenson on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @03:43PM (#10299020)
The problem is probably exacerbated by college educated men being more willing to marry women that aren't college graduates. At least, that's something I think is happening.

This is a supply and demand problem. If the men are in high demand due to low supply, the women need to adjust, whether than means lowering that specific standard, doing without a spouse, or putting more work into the relationship (it's not fair, but I'm talking about reality here, not how we wish things were).

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Re:Single Women: There Aren't Enough College-Educated Men Ou... by Futurebot on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @05:36PM (#10299856)
The article addresses this, and it's not the case. Men are just as picky in this area. See my other comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10299844

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Re:Single Women: There Aren't Enough College-Educated Men Ou... by kbenson on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @06:03PM (#10300086)
More willing and more likely are not the same thing. Men aren't experiencing the same level of supply restriction, and you can't use their current behavior to make a statement about what they would do if they were in that situation.

More specifically, if men and women had the exact same size pool of peers, would men "date down" more? I suspect they would, but have no need to currently because demand is in their favor.

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