This book will surprise and enlighten you.' -AJ Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and Drop Dead Healthy ' Date-onomics is the Moneyball of dating. 'A fascinating look at romance and what's going on with the mating rituals of homo sapiens today. Fortunately, there are also solutions: what college to attend (any with strong sciences or math), where to hang out (in New York, try a fireman's bar), where to live (Colorado, Seattle, 'Man' Jose), and why never to shy away from giving an ultimatum. Then there's the math that says that a woman's good looks can keep men from approaching her-particularly if they feel the odds aren't in their favor. This unequal ratio explains not only why it's so hard to find a date, but a host of social issues, from the college hookup culture to the reason Salt Lake City is becoming the breast implant capital of America. Among young college grads, there are four eligible women for every three men nationwide. The shortage of college-educated men is not just a big-city phenomenon frustrating women in New York and L.A. Two, knowledge is power, so here's what to do about it. It's a fascinating, if sobering read, with two critical takeaways: One, it's not you. Using a combination of demographics, statistics, game theory, and number-crunching, Date-onomics tells what every single, college-educated, heterosexual, looking-for-a-partner woman needs to know: The 'man deficit' is real. It's not that he's just not that into you-it's that there aren't enough of him.As I note in my book, today’s uneven gender ratios “add up to sexual nirvana for heterosexual men, but for heterosexual women - especially those who put a high priority on getting married and having children in wedlock - they represent a demographic time bomb. The downside? Women frequently wind up being treated as sex objects, and men are more inclined to exercise the option to delay marriage and play the field. The good news, at least according to the work of psychologists and sex-ratio pioneers Marcia Guttentag and Paul Secord, is that people tend to have better sex when ratios skew female. But when gender ratios skew toward women, as they do today among college grads, the dating culture becomes more sexualized. When there are plenty of marriageable men, dating culture emphasizes courtship and romance, and men generally must earn more to attract a wife.

These demographics represent the true dating apocalypse, as stacks of social science show how dating and mating behavior is influenced by prevailing sex ratios.

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