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Why is Finding a Good Man so Hard for Single Women Over 35?
The answer is found in the Eligible Bachelor Paradox
medium.com
... nubile women fall on a spectrum of either “high or low quality.” High-quality women possess attractiveness and social adeptness, while low-quality women have less of these traits. But high-quality women have the majority of the bargaining power in the dating market, so they hold out for Mr. Right.
As those women age, their dating pool of eligible bachelors gets smaller and smaller as the high-quality men are coupled with less choosy women. And as the numbers of eligible bachelors decrease, those high-quality women continue to compete for the same limited number of high-quality men.
But these women do not lower their standards. Mostly because they are used to calling the shots and might be blissfully unaware that their dating clout is diminishing. The bloom may be coming off the rose, but the rose still doesn’t want to grow with weeds. And besides, many women decide that being single and cultivating their own damn garden is a better option.
Unfortunately, this leaves the dating market with a disproportionate amount of less than desirable men and a glut of eligible single ladies.