Courtney Ryan has a youtube channel where she gives men dating advice. She is probably in her early thirties and her most recent video was titled "Why are so many intelligent men single?"
The first comment on the list read "because they are intelligent" and it garnered a very healthy amount of likes.
The relationship business is broken and there are many factors at play. It isn't just youth although young men between 20 and 30 are the most affected by the current famine (my son being right in the middle). People aren't connecting like they used to because society is drastically different than it used to be.
Marriage went from a business transaction involving money and children to a quaint and romanticized concept with more options for making a getaway than ever.
Many men got taken to the cleaners after a nasty divorce and society took note. Women elevated themselves through schooling and decided that baby making wasn't their cup of tea. My 27 year old daughter wonders aloud if she is indeed meant for motherhood.
All this will take a while to settle but we aren't going back to the old model since both sides have changed for good. The balance of power has shifted and more people than ever understand that being single isn't the societal failing some saw it as.
In this environment, many see it increasingly as a blessing.
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