The Unequal Dating Game
New York City has got a major man deficit - there are 100,000 fewer college-educated men than there are women.
Jon Birger, contributor to Fortune magazine and former senior writer at Fortune and Money and the author of Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game (Workman Publishing Company, 2015), says one inevitable outcome (that's worth embracing) is more "mixed-collar" marriages in the near future.
New York City's "man deficit" is real -- there's a gap of 100,000 between female and male college degree holders under...
Posted by Brian Lehrer on Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Women of NYC: do you think the dating pool is lop-sided? If you're college-ed, is it important for partner to have a degree? 212-433-9692
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) September 9, 2015
There are 100k fewer college-ed men than women in NYC. On dating, @jonbirger1: "It's not just you, it's the ratio!" pic.twitter.com/NzJmPjzw0r
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) September 9, 2015
Oversupply of men = dating scene favors romance/courtship. Scarcity of men in NYC = fuels hookup culture. @jonbirger1
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) September 9, 2015
hey @BrianLehrer - I found a husband in NYC by going out alone! we met at a N.E.R.D. concert. being solo forces you to socialize.
— Piper (@PiperBKNY) September 9, 2015
@BrianLehrer Guess I'm outside the norm --- My husband has a Bachelors but I only have a HS diploma!
— Lauren Powell (@LightBlueSky) September 9, 2015
@BrianLehrer Thank you! Yes — men w/out a college degree are found 11 times out of 10 to be more intelligent and kind and dateable. #dropout
— Mike Wolf (@thismikewolf) September 9, 2015
I think the solution to the NYC #dating problems is for @BrianLehrer to set up a matchmaking service for his callers...
— Julia P. (@o_cesario) September 9, 2015
