Bad News for Ladies

[xoxoxoBruce]

Bad news in the Journal of Marriage and Family.

Objective
This article provides an assessment of whether unmarried women currently face demographic shortages of marital partners in the U.S. marriage market.
Results
These synthetic husbands have an average income that is about 58% higher than the actual unmarried men that are currently available to unmarried women. They also are 30% more likely to be employed (90% vs. 70%) and 19% more likely to have a college degree (30% vs. 25%). Racial and ethnic minorities, especially Black women, face serious shortages of potential marital partners, as do low socioeconomic status and high socioeconomic status unmarried women, both at the national and subnational levels.
Conclusions
This study reveals large deficits in the supply of potential male spouses. One implication is that the unmarried may remain unmarried or marry less well‐suited partners.

Ladies, tell your congress critters to outlaw gay marriage so you'll have a better chance. They may not be "well-suited" but better looking, better employed, better educated, and probably cleaner.