Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/1195kb7/us_most_young_men_are_single_most_young_women_are/

Halfway down the thread someone mentions that this article is based on a self-reported pew research poll and not any kind of more in-depth study.

Also whoever wrote the article either didn’t understand the actual poll or just outright lied about what the data showed lmao

comment on this:

If you drill down into the actual source of the data, which is a Pew research poll, you find a specific definition of "single". It is not actually "are you [not] dating someone".

In these stats, "single" refers to people who "are not married, living with a partner or in a committed relationship".

The important part here: a committed relationship. This is self-reported by the people being polled.

If two people are in a relationship, one may answer "yes" to this and the other may answer "no", depending on whether they see it as a "committed" relationship.

Thus, there is an interesting explanation for at least part of the data - perhaps young men don't consider themselves "committed" as often.

Combined with the age distribution phenomenon, this likely covers pretty much all of the discrepancy in the stats.

Original Pew Poll: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/02/08/for-valentines-day-5-facts-about-single-americans/ft_2023-02-08_facts-single-americans_01/

Fashy bros love to avoid putting a label on things and then blame women for not being in a relationship lol

    • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      not automatically, but it's ripe for unhealthy dynamics and 23/35 is definitely weird.

        • Enver_McTim [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Eh that rule is kinda bs, 24 and 35 is definintely odd and 20 & 26 + 18 & 24 also check out which are almost weirder.

          • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            The addendum for it is that it only works when the youngest age is 20

            And gets more accurate as the ages go up. I kinda want to modify it so there's some logarithmic constant that's associated with each age as a multiplier

            • Enver_McTim [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              it only works when the youngest age is 20

              20 & 26, 28 & 21, 30 & 22 are all icky

              I kinda want to modify it

              Maybe [age divided by 1.5 plus 5]? Not exactly like what you described but I think it's a little better

              https://www.desmos.com/calculator/xlx8ze4pbf

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        Fair enough. I think the biggest gap in my family was when my cousin at 24 dated a guy at 31. They ended up getting married but there were definitely whispers in the family about it being weird.