Some interesting responses here.
Now I have the experience of going to an all-male Catholic high school in a big enough city with a whole league of Catholic schools. Typically the proms for the other all-male Catholic high schools were on different days, so prom dates could be polyandrous, so getting a date was fairly easy, even for an AFC, since there was always someone whose girlfriend had a bunch of friends that would be available (they have have gone to other school's proms, but since this school didn't have much competition, they would be available.)
However, I'm figuring that the situation must be different at coed schools, as most folks only socialize with other students at that school. And in smaller towns, in which there is only the one high school, that school is pretty much it. With today's meme of hypergamy, I'd bet that the women would try very hard at getting the top level male - even asking him to the prom! Perhaps even there are some women that agree to share a date polygynously! But for those women who are not aggressive (and victorious) in snatching the top level male, I'm figuring that their standards take a big dive as the prom night approaches and they don't want to be left dateless, with an amazing hunting attitude to try and snag any semi-decent male that somehow is still available. Probably a lot like the way that women hitting their biological clock act! LOL! :crackup:
