| So this is not the first time HN has discussed the Pew statistics showing far more single men than women in the 18-29 bracket: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34954694 People have proposed so many hypotheses: * Women are getting into same-sex relationships * Women are dating older guys * Some men are dating multiple women * Grey zone relationships where the woman considers it "committed" and the man does not * Probably other explanations I'm not thinking of It would be easy to do another survey, add on some additional questions, and figure out which hypotheses are true. For people in committed relationships, add questions like: * Do you have multiple committed partners? * How old are your committed partners? * What genders are your committed partners? * How many committed partners do your partners have? * Are you confident that the person you consider yourself to be in a "committed relationship" with would describe it the same way you do? And for single people, add questions about whether they want to be in a relationship, whether they have casual relationships they don't consider "committed", whether anyone else would claim they're in a committed relationship with you, etc. Until we do a second survey, all discussion of this issue is just anecdotal evidence and speculation. |