[ladyjane]

Yes, the ratio at birth is fairly even but men go to war and have accidents. And a big percentage of them are actively and publicly gay. The percentage of straight college educated men is less than the college educated women.

Then you have the fact that women tend to marry up, e.g., taller, better educated, more affluent, higher status, older and you have a problem for many women. Female college basketball players have a small pool to pick from.

Then there’s the Bell Curve

[riverdawg]

The best estimate of the percentage of men who are homosexual is about 4%. Don't believe the 10% propaganda. As for women “marrying up”, that was the norm until about 20 years ago. Now, faced with an increasing scarcity of equally-well or better-educated men, many educated women are either: 1. marrying down; 2. delaying or abandoning marriage altogether; 3. choosing to have children, with or without cohabiting partners.