Joseph: “It has clearly been established that there are not more young women of marriageable age alive than men.”
Clearly established where?? How many shadchanim have you spoken to. How many shadchanim databases how you seen. How many High school alumni lists have you reviewed to make such a inaccurate statement. ACross the board in orthodox Jewry from very modern to ultra yeshivish this phenomena exists. (more acute in the more yeshivish circles for reasons outlined above.
The numbers of girls on the island outnumbes the boys in the thousands. This has been documented. Feel free to contact NASI as I did to get the info. But please don”t state as fact totally false information.
As for you other point that so long as there is any available men than any individual girl can get married is correct. If you have 100 women and 5 men clearly 5 women can get married. However 95 can’t no way no how.