| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 6/14/2009 2:12:17 AM | Don't people apply rational thought to the things they here?
How can it be possible for this ratio to be true - it doesn't even make sense. Considering that the Vancouver area has a population of around 2 million, then that would mean there are about 1.67 million women and 0.33 million men. I don't think so. Unless you are referring to the ratio of single women to single men. But even that is only slightly less preposterous.
But, I will play along here. If we assume the more conservative ratio of 5 single women to 1 single man, then do you think men would be complaining about sending e-mails with no responses? If this were the case, men's inboxes would be flooded with e-mails.
No, I call BS on this one. There may be more single women than men, but not in the ratio of 5 to 1. Maybe something in the neighbourhood of 1.5 to 1 at the very best - but I suspect it is more like 1 to 1. | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 6/14/2009 7:11:02 PM | Ahhh, it is better to go solo, or go with friends that you know of, rather then doing the crap shoot.
Sure if the odds are 5 woman to 1 man, that may be a concern to a woman, of what kind of guy they are going to get, however, it also works the other way as well, the guy needs to be concerned of what kind of woman is he going to get.
So, as the OP said, it DOES become a bit of a crapshoot, roll the dice, and see what ya get.
Is it 2, 6's, or is it a pile of CRAP???????
Ya may even get snakes eyes . .
Guess ya won't know, until ya roll the dice. HUH | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 6/14/2009 7:32:37 PM | | They have this term "chictoria" here in Victoria and say 3:1 so I go to stats Canada and they state a 1.8:1. Of course once you take all the minors and seniors out its back to 1:1. I believe these high female to male ratios are from the many widowed females. | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 6/15/2009 12:52:48 AM | Ya, usually in most cases, the woman usually lives longer then the men do, especially if IF they are married.
Hmmmmm, maybe the guys shouldn't get married then, at all, IF, that is the case.
Especially, if it is going to extend their lives.
Hmmmmm. something to really think about.
Stay single, go out, meet the woman, have a great time, and then come home alone.
Maybe thats where they got the term, "A Mans Home IS, His Castle". | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 6/19/2009 11:38:48 AM | | Definitely more woman than men in the interior also.... I can't tell you how many times I have been out with a guy, to come back from the washroom and find some other chick hitting on him.... it's pretty cutthroat out there | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 7/3/2009 12:44:17 AM | I think this whole 5:1 thing is absolute nonsense. In fact, I've had 5 different women through Plenty of Fish alone cancel first dates/meetings at the last minute in the past two months -- I've not had a single one follow through and show up on a date that she committed to. I know I'm not exactly a millionaire underwear model or anything, but if it were that things were so skewed in the favour of men in this city, I wouldn't be alone on "date" nights.
I also doubt I'm the only guy experiencing this phenomenon. | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 7/3/2009 10:23:06 AM | http://www.tol.bc.ca/files/web_files/planning/EDO/2006_Census_Profile_-_GVRD.pdf
I found a like to the 2006 Census.
It really kind of clears up any questions of population at least.
This is all for the GVRD:
Total population 2,116,580
1,032,440 Males, median age 38.3 %49
1,084,140 Females, median age 39.9 %51
Single, never married 34%
Separated 3%
Divorced 7%
Widowed 5%
Total population 15 years and over 1 ,770,835
Not in a common-law relationship 1 ,655,180
In a common-law relationship 1 15,655
There is not a lot of specific data on singles, but this paints a pretty clear picture. | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 10/1/2009 10:46:57 PM | I find that extremely hard to believe. I work all over this city and really don't think so.
If this was the case then I don't think I'd be here fishing in what seems to be a harder task than real life. lol | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 10/3/2009 12:13:21 AM | Possible reasons why women outnumber men at functions:
1. A very large number of on-line guys don't dare go because are: married, incarcerated, or don't match their descriptions (Ok, also maybe impossibly shy.)
2. Women feel safer meeting for the first time at a function than one-on-one.
3. Women are doers men are complainers (joke….sort of)
4. Both men and women have mistaken impressions about what the ratio will be.
I did some checking on POF tonight (baking bread and killing time between rises.)
Results:
(I checked in 5 year increments, only a single year each time.
Increased distance until one or both M & F topped out at 600+ )
1. POF men outnumber women until age 55.
2. At age 25, 30 and 35 were too many men at even the shortest
distance of 5 miles to calculate ratios.
3. For 20, 40, 45, 55 year olds ratios were
1.5, 1.8,1.5, 1.3 men to 1 woman, at 5, 5, 10 and 25 miles respectively.
4. At age 55
.97 men to 1 woman, & don’t reach 600+ for either till over 150 miles.
5. At age 60, 65, at 200 miles were 472 and 236 woman
ratios ranged .73 to .89, .63 to .72.
6. At 70 were only 55 men and 81 women at the 200 mile point, with ratios
ranging from .68 to 1. men to 1 woman.
7. At 75 and older ratios flip flop depending on distance. | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 10/3/2009 11:12:38 AM | I should really be attending these events. I usually don't go to group events alone though, and nobody I know in real life is aware I'm on this website to begin with, so I don't know.
I haven't had a girl for so long my grandmother is convinced I'm gay. Which is really more funny than anything. | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 10/3/2009 3:45:23 PM | All you have to do is look at the ratio of women to men replying in this thread to see that ratio is untrue.
Dating sites favour women because the ads for the sites target men.
Here's one of the ads that I always see when I login to POF:
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CLjnp77m9ubZXhCsAhj6ATIIL0j4A9RfEPM
(Note that's a jpeg image, not the ad itself)
"Join Vancouer's only Dating site with 80% women, Established Men, sugar dating dating"
That ad makes me mad. There is another version of it that says 4:1 ratio. I wonder how they get women onto the site? Show ads on womens sites about guys willing to buy them Louis Vuittons?
Most of the third party advertisements on POF are these like this.
Dating sites however don't work very well for shy males (for for anyone who is too shy to even put a photo up,) since the assumption is that males will message women, and women will only respond to those they want to. They only work well for those with high self-esteem. If females want to find a nice guy, they need to message guys proactively as well, otherwise they may only be contacted by guys that they find are too aggressive.
Just my opinion. | |
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PiggyT
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Joined: 9/14/2009
Msg: 42 | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 10/3/2009 7:25:36 PM |
^^^ You mean all I have to do is put a picture up???? But I think my snout is too big and my tail is too small...
Ah but such is the case why people use the online sites and not the ads in the newspaper. It's so much easier for one to dismiss someone based on appearances with a social networking/dating/community site. A pictures worth a thousand words.
Someone looking for a friend may have less interest in a photo. Virtually every forum I've ever visited has a "real photo" thread somewhere of what the members actually look like. In some cases it strokes their ego's, and in other cases it dismisses people as potential dating material, even if the site was never a dating site to begin with. | |
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Moanie
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Joined: 4/16/2008
Msg: 44 | |
| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 10/3/2009 7:51:04 PM | ^^^^ I think MWI makes some great points....
Personally I think everyone worries about the same things, snouts, tails, fangs...
There are many women who feel the same as the men....they don't post their pics because they feel they will be rejected based on their looks.....
And that is a shame, because I think when you post your picture, you give the women the confidence to post theirs too.
Cripes I read these profiles and think, OH NO, most of the men spend all their time at the gym! Why would anyone like that be interested in me? And for those that don't post their pics, you run the risk of being thought evasive, as though you have something to hide 
I doubt the stats are that different on here from the rest of the population, except for those over 60, when the stats probably increase slightly for females. | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 10/4/2009 12:57:10 AM |
Cripes I read these profiles and think, OH NO, most of the men spend all their time at the gym! Why would anyone like that be interested in me? And for those that don't post their pics, you run the risk of being thought evasive, as though you have something to hide
Haha, yeah.
The matching algorithm for POF seems to keep matching "extreme athlete" women for me and I'm like "How?", Nothing wrong with that either. I just don't see how I'd be a match for them. | |
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| 5 to 1 ratio of women to men in Vancouver
Posted: 10/4/2009 8:27:23 PM |
Any chance you've been viewing profiles of "extreme athletes" ?
There's your answer
Of course, because that is what POF was showing me :) The first time I saw the "Your matches" most of them were like "I like to goto the gym, do the grouse grind, Yoga and I'm looking for an activity partner who can keep up with me, etc"
I would like to try new things, but I don't really see myself being able to keep up with them.
MWI is my new hero, although i think he should change his do like section to do want.
Aw thanks. It's not "Do Want" because that is pretty much a bunch of AND/OR. The profile was so much longer but I felt that maybe I was just saying too much.
On the other hand, there isn't a whole lot of deal breakers, I may seem not picky, but I find it's actually ones personality that I'm more likely to not like than what they look like. The only thing a profile says about ones personality is how honest they are. | |
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