[ronnier]

Most women I know have a hoard of men waiting to take them out and entertain them. On the other side, most men I know struggle to get a single woman to go out with (or men for that matter as friends).

Men are in such compitition now that they have deep distrust of other men and won't let them into their circle.

[soulnothing]

It's funny I just got back from a Meetup mixer. I'm in Seattle too, coming from the east coast. It feels like another country at times.

But all the meetups I've been to there is a gender imbalance. Either a number of men to women or vice versa. The latter being the most common. Tonight I was watching as 8 guys were trying to talk to one woman.

[DenisM]

Depends on the location, I suppose. Are you in Seattle?

[ronnier]

Yes. Seems like the entire west coast is similar. Also, there are few places where women outnumber men. And if you look under 40 the ratio is even more skewed towards many more men than women. I think this impacts men's mental health as they are unable to build a relationship of any sort. Men commit more crime, go to college less, commit suicide more, are heavier drug users, and so on. I wonder how the male/female ratio plays into that.