| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/1/2009 6:13:50 AM |
Is there a guy out there that would reject a woman for being a cup size too big or too small? Or being just outside some arbitrary age range?
Not for being a cup size too big, but the other 2 options, yes there are plenty. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/1/2009 8:22:48 AM | Perhaps it's merely a reflection of my rural location, but a 50 mile unrestricted search reveals ~3.2 men for every woman.
Yep, it's a sausagefest in this pond, but a quick browsing of the 'competition' leaves me feeling pretty good about myself and what I have to offer. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/2/2009 11:23:04 AM |
I`ve done searches in my area over a period of time maybe a few years just to check my competition.
The searches were in my age range on several sites. The men outnumber the women roughly 2 to 1 overall the sites (3)
On some sites its closer to being even. Of course, with all my love to science and statistics, I couldn't help but repeat this experiment.
My search was: 45-50 y.o, 10 miles from my zip code, everything else is equal.
Match: 288 men, 233 women
Yahoo: 519 men, 249 women
Cupid: 10 men, 13 women
POF: 360 men, 284 women
I have to admit though, that most women don't have pictures, and their profiles haven't been visited for a long time. Otherwise, it seems pretty fair to me | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/2/2009 12:43:43 PM |
xeotide wrote: I have simply yet [to] come across a guy, any guy,
who could match the requirements that all too many women have.
All the guys they’re dating presumably matched those women’s
requirements for a potential BF.
springazure44 wrote: The other day I did a POF search within 25 miles
of my zip code. I only counted those that had logged on within the last week.
NINE women!!! 6 pages of men!!!
That’s misleading because statistically you’ll only get 8 men
out of 6 pages who could make decent relationship partners,
which means one woman must share a man or go without. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/2/2009 9:25:52 PM | | According to a popular site that provides demographics on medium to large websites, the ratio of male to female visitors is actually quite even. For example, 52% of the visits on POF are by males. Other big dating sites have similar stats. I think the problem that males run into may be that women are simply more selective. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/2/2009 11:18:39 PM | In my bar hopping days, (and still, to this day), I've never been in a bar where the women outnumbered men. Even on Ladies' night.
Same goes for all the internet dating sites.
Around here, the female population is slightly greater then males. But if you search for the number of woman looking as opposed to number of guys looking in a particular area, guess what?
What makes me wonder is where are the approximately 50% of the female population that are not NOT on the internet dating sites? What are they doing? Where are they hiding?
Or do a lot of guys have multiple profiles? | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/3/2009 7:35:35 PM |
Jackjack07 wrote: What makes me wonder is where are the approximately
50% of the female population that are not NOT on the Internet dating sites?
They don’t have a problem meeting men in real life.
1Day1DollarShort wrote: …I think the problem lies in the fact that
90% of the men are attracted to 10% of the women....
And the top 10% of men have 90% of the women to choose from. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/3/2009 8:11:24 PM | Interesting, I tried it with 5 miles and 5 years as parameter and yup, more men. Who knew? LOL, in everyday life it always seems (to me) that there are less available men as opposed to single women out there.
Possibly these results are skewed - online everyone can post a profile and look , doesn't mean they are truly available to date and perhaps be in a relationship.
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/3/2009 8:37:44 PM | I always guessed that there were a lot of married men on these sites as the reason for higher male numbers....Only guess that because my friend spent a year weeding through a bunch of them
Interesting on checking by age group....there is 40 pages of both males and females within 100 miles of me ages 30-39...maybe more of the married trolls are older... | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/4/2009 3:48:02 AM |
And the top 10% of men have 90% of the women to choose from.
Not sure what you mean by this, David. The point the other poster was getting at is that 90% of the women only persue 10% of the men, which demonstrates their superficiality.
Just an example, when a good looking hunk of a man with alot of money walks in the room, and the rest of the men in the room are average joes.....most women will ignore the average joe (even the average looking women) will ONLY have interest in that one man. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/4/2009 3:54:48 AM | Just an example, when a good looking hunk of a man with alot of money walks in the room, and the rest of the men in the room are average joes.....most women will ignore the average joe (even the average looking women) will ONLY have interest in that one man.
And the exact orpposite is true as well. When young hot women walk into the room all the men rush to them and ignore every average jane . This is just how people, both men and women, often behave. It happens on here as well. The only women with the full mail boxes on here are young, under 30, blond and hot. Even when average janes message the average joes we get ignored while he continues to drool and pursue women so far out of his league. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/4/2009 4:48:09 AM | Pftttt! ^^^ Sure hot women are more in demand , not the average jane, and by no means do women do this more. It is 50/50 equal split down the middle. Men and women do this exactly the same amount. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/4/2009 7:26:01 AM | I did the 10 mile radius search for guys and for girls, 22 pages of guys, 21 pages of girls, pretty close to even down here. That was age group 32-45.
Why men would use the internet more than women do for dating? Well, if a decent looking woman walks into a nightclub, sports bar, wherever and hits on a guy, what are her chances of getting a positive response? Very, very good, 90% maybe? A decent looking guy? If he does it right, maybe 50%. Men have to try harder. Women have to be a little more cautious so that they don't end up alone with a very aggressive guy, men rarely have to worry about that. If a woman wants a long-term, satisying relationship, THEN she has her work cut out for her, determining if a guy is legit, honest and trustworthy. I've found that there are quite a few women who aren't trustworthy but at least they weren't just trying to get laid, they had other motives, some of which I still haven't figured out.
I personally hate meeting women in social gatherings because it's really hard to say anything that doesn't sound like a pickup line. Breaking the ice is easier on here and when I meet them the first time they know enough about me and I them and it's not very awkward. That's just me, I love to write and pretty much write like I talk so it's easy. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/4/2009 7:59:28 AM |
I think that 20:1 ratio represents the number of fat, bald, short, old, and broke men who want thin, long haired, tall, young, and rich women. Otherwise, I think it is an even number of men to women.
You forgot about all the married men! | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/4/2009 8:02:50 AM | | The men outnumber women on dating sites probably 10-1 and of those 1 women, most of them are overweight or unattractive and the better looking women get completely bombarded by emails (some get over 100/day) and very few of those women are paying customers so they can't read their email anyway. This isn't just me making this up as I've spoken with alot of women who have used personals and they literally can't read all their messages. Most guys are lucky to get even 2-3 responses/week. In theory it's a good way to meet people but it's inarguably stacked in the favor of the women as being a great way to find somebody yet the men are the ones funding the sites. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/4/2009 11:21:23 AM |
radiusman wrote: The point the other poster [1Day1DollarShort]
was getting at is that 90% of the women only pursue 10% of the men,
which demonstrates their superficiality.
I don’t know if I’d characterize it as superficiality, but you’re right,
very desirable people (men and women) are selective and have
high standards.
radiusman wrote: Just an example, when a good looking hunk of a man
with a lot of money walks in the room, and the rest of the men in the room
are Average Joes.....most women will ignore the Average Joe (even the
average looking women) will ONLY have interest in that one man.
A rich or good looking person (man or woman) is going to have an easier
time of it, of course, but take inspiration from the fact that many of the most
successful men in the world with women are butt ugly or of modest means –
while legions of model-handsome millionaires are failures with women.
My suggestion is to make the most of the attraction assets you can control. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/4/2009 3:13:43 PM | My point was that about 90% of men are attracted to the same type of woman who represent only about 10% of the female population on these sites. And it goes the other way too, 90% of the women respond to 10% of the men because we all have an "ideal" set in our minds: traits, characteristics, and life circumstances of which few people can possibly meet entirely.
As for myself, women have told me all of my life that I'm not hard to look at, yet I'm always the friend, never the boyfriend, and I almost never get an email here or on any other site. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/4/2009 7:56:49 PM | So in many ways, the guys claiming how men outnumber women on the dating sites are really saying that there aren't enough "hot" women on the dating sites in comparison to men of all physical "standards".
Basically they're deciding to not count all the "unattractive" women and thus complain that women have it easy.
The search results many post even more tell me the statement "men outnumber women on dating sites" is purely myth, but too many are searching for a "hot" when maybe most of the results aren't seen as "hot" by said males or females. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 1/6/2009 4:35:53 PM |
All the guys they’re dating presumably matched those women’s
requirements for a potential BF.
Guys who look the part lie to get their foot in the door. She'll find out later he doesn't.
Not for being a cup size too big, but the other 2 options, yes there are plenty.
Very few guys even have that luxury.
I've never been in a bar where the women outnumbered men. Even on Ladies' night.
Same here. Eliminating women who showed up with a guy (and the guy) the ratio gets even worse.
I personally hate meeting women in social gatherings because it's really hard to say anything that doesn't sound like a pickup line. Breaking the ice is easier on here
In person I always need something to start on conversation on otherwise it just sounds like a stupid pickup line. Online if a woman has written a half-way decent profile there's a good chance I can write something based on it. Then again considering my success rate maybe I should use pickup lines instead ;)
Most guys are lucky to get even 2-3 responses/week
Not in an earth week ;)
So in many ways, the guys claiming how men outnumber women on the dating sites are really saying that there aren't enough "hot" women on the dating sites in comparison to men of all physical "standards".
Basically they're deciding to not count all the "unattractive" women and thus complain that women have it easy.
Entirely false. There have been dating websites where the men have to pay to play and the women get free accounts. Bars will waive cover charges for women. etc and so on. That's because in any situation where single people are likely to meet men will out number women by a good margin. Layer in technology like the internet and men will out number women by huge margins.
Now as to your remark about not counting the unattractive women. I went to college where the school was almost entirely engineering. What was left after that was mostly architecture and computer science. A good year was 8 guys to every girl. Guys used to complain about the ratio and how the women were mostly unattractive and didn't even try to be. Guess what? Every girl who wanted a boyfriend got one. | |
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