We have been through this, I know he says that but it doesn’t make sense. note how he switches what he is addressing in his piece he first identifies the problem as “infrequent dating” His mathematical model addresses a “situation in which elements of two distinct sets (think of single men and single women) may be paired in a one-to-one manner (think of marriage)” dating is not done 1:1
It cant be a result of the gap. I will walk you through it very slowly, please let me know which point confuses you:
1) dating is a prerequisite to marriage
2) 100 23 year old boys are trying to date 112 20 year old girls
3) On average a boy dates 3 girls
4) That means there are 300 (3x 100) dates available to the 112 girls.
5) Assuming things are equal Each girl should receive a rougly equal number of dates.
6) “many single women struggle with short lists and relatively infrequent dating”
7) Without daing these girls who aren’t being chosen for dates (despite the overabundance of dates available) will not get married (see point 1)
8) This has little to do with the “age gap”. Since even with the “age gap” There are more than enough dates to go around.
Which point confuses you/ do you disagree with?