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Re:Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny by Manuel_D on Friday August 04, 2023 @05:00PM (#37005833)
> And, given the rough 1:1 ratio of men to women, and the relative 1:1 ratio between gays and lesbians, any significantly large group of male incels seems to indicate a similarly sized group of women.

This logic doesn't follow at all: people can have more than one partner.

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Re:Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny by NoMoreNicksLeft on Friday August 04, 2023 @05:53PM (#37006353)
Not the types of partners we're talking about, not in this part of the world. I suppose if some Yemenese or Saudi has 4 wives, it's technically that many fewer you could potentially have...

The logic works out "close enough". You don't really live near any FLDS compounds anyway.

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Re:Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny by Manuel_D on Saturday August 05, 2023 @03:48AM (#37009925)
Legal marriage isn't the only form of polygynous relationships. Polycules and ENM communities often have more women than men. Or just a man having a mistress or otherwise having more than one partner not necessarily even joining a specific subculture.

You don't need to live near a FLDS compound to find people engaging in non-monogamous relationships.

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