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Growing mating gap between educated women and available men
Timeframe: Already happening, will accelerate over next 10-20 years
What's Changing
Women increasingly out-earning and out-educating men while maintaining hypergamous mating preferences (wanting partners of equal or higher status), creating a shortage of 'suitable' male partners.
Driving Forces
Women now 60% of college enrollment, trending toward 67%
Young men increasingly NEET (not in education, employment, or training)
40% increase in NEET men during pandemic vs 7% for women
Cultural shift hasn't adjusted female mate selection preferences
Winners
- High-achieving men who become increasingly rare and valuable
- Dating coaches and relationship services
- Alternative family structure services (sperm donors, single mother support)
- AI companionship and dating app companies
Losers
- Average men who fall behind educationally/economically
- Women seeking traditional partnerships with successful men
- Traditional marriage and family formation rates
- Society overall due to declining birth rates
How to Position Yourself
For men: Invest heavily in education, career, and emotional intelligence
For women: Consider expanding criteria or accept different relationship structures
For businesses: Build services addressing new relationship realities
For investors: Bet on alternative family/dating solutions
Early Signals to Watch
Example Implementation
“A successful female lawyer in her late 30s can't find a partner at her level and chooses to have a child via sperm donor rather than compromise on her standards or remain childless.”