IN MANY METROPOLITAN AREAS IN THE U.S. IT SEEMS LIKE COLLEGE
EDUCATED WOMEN ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING LOVE, AND A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE BLAMED IT ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
THINGS LIKE HOOKUP CULTURE OR DATING APPS.
WHAT IS IT REALLY?
WHAT IS THE UNDERLYING ISSUE AMONG WOMEN AND WHY ARE
THEY HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING A PARTNER?
THERE WAS A BOOK WRITTEN CALLED DATE-ONOMICS, WRITTEN BY JON
BIRGER THAT DELVED INTO THE ISSUE OF THE ABUNDANCE OF
COLLEGE
EDUCATED WOMEN AND THE RARITY OF COLLEGE EDUCATED MEN IN
CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND HOW THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN
WHETHER OR NOT WOMEN ARE LIKELY TO FIND A PARTNER.
ACCORDING TO RECENT STATISTICS, THE CURRENT COLLEGE CLASS
BREAKDOWN OF WOMEN TO MEN IS 57 TO 43,
WHICH MEANS THERE WILL BE ABOUT ONE THIRD MORE WOMEN
THAN MEN WITH COLLEGE DEGREES WHEN GRADUATION ARRIVES.
HE CONTINUES TO SAY THAT THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION AND THE HOOKUP
CULTURE ARE BOTH ROOTED IN A STATISTICAL OVERSUPPLY OF WOMEN.
SO IT'S ALL ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
IF THERE IS AN OVERSUPPLY OF EDUCATED WOMEN AND THERE IS
A GREATER DEMAND FOR EDUCATED MEN, AND NOW LESS AND LESS
MEN ARE GETTING COLLEGE DEGREES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE.
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME MORE STATS.
IN 1981, IT WAS THE LAST YEAR THAT MORE MEN THAN WOMEN
GRADUATED FROM A FOUR-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM.
THAT IS AMAZING.
39 PERCENT MORE WOMEN AGES 22 TO 29 WITH COLLEGE DEGREES IN
MANHATTAN THAN MEN IN THE SAME BRACKET.
IF YOU LOOK AT SPECIFIC AREAS LIKE FORT LAUDERDALE, THEY HAVE
71 PERCENT WERE FEMALE COLLEGE GRADS THAN MALE BETWEEN AGES 22
TO 29, FOLLOWED BY PROVIDENCE, THAT HAS 60 PERCENT MORE.
HE SAYS THE GUYS THAT DO HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES ARE SAYING
THEY ARE A CATCH.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A CATCH I WAS.
>> JIMMY TOLD ME YOU WERE WORKING ON YOUR PHD?
>> OH, SHUT UP.
>> JOHN IS ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I KNOW.
MOVING ON, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU JOHN, IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE IN
GENERAL.
I DON'T BEGRUDGE THE GUYS FOR FEELING THAT WAY, THEY HAVE
MORE OPTIONS.
AS A RESULT THEY ARE ABLE TO BE PICKIER WITH THE WOMEN THEY
DATE.
FOR INSTANCE THEY MIGHT DATE A WOMAN WHO THEY DEEM
INTELLIGENT AND BEAUTIFUL BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS WONDERING
WHETHER THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO IS EVEN MORE
BEAUTIFUL OR MORE INTELLIGENT.
AGAIN, THERE IS THIS OVERABUNDANCE OF COLLEGE
EDUCATED WOMEN.
MY ANSWER TO ALL OF THIS IS THAT ALL THESE WOMEN WHO ONLY
WANT TO BE WITH COLLEGE EDUCATED MEN NEED TO CALM THE HELL
DOWN AND BE OPEN-MINDED.
LOOK, THE PERSON I AM WITH RIGHT NOW DOES NOT HAVE A COLLEGE
DEGREE BECAUSE HE WAS DRAFTED INTO PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
HE IS FUCKING AMAZING, ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I HAVE
EVER MET IN MY LIFE.
HIS LACK OF COLLEGE DEGREE DOES NOT CONCERN ME AT ALL.
I THINK WE PUT TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON WHETHER OR NOT A COLLEGE
DEGREE MEANS THAT YOU ARE AN INTELLIGENT PERSON.
IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE SMART.
>> YES.
THE OTHER MEN THAT YOU HAVE GONE ON DATES WITH, HAS THERE
BEEN ANY CORRELATION?
>> I'M NOTORIOUS FOR DATING GUYS WITH NO COLLEGE DEGREES.
MY PREVIOUS BOYFRIENDS DID NOT HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES.
THAT'S OKAY.
I HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS.
A COLLEGE DEGREE DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING.
>> WELL, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE A BETTER PERSON.
>> BELIEVE ME PEOPLE MAKE THINGS OF THEMSELVES WITHOUT
COLLEGE DEGREES.
TO ME WHAT MATTERS MORE IS WHETHER OR NOT THAT PERSON
IS INTELLECTUALLY CURIOUS.
IF YOU ARE INTELLECTUALLY COURTEOUS YOU EDUCATE YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE RESOURCES AT YOUR DISPOSAL YOU CAN LEARN
ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT.
THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN ANY TYPE OF COLLEGE DEGREE.
ALSO, ARE THEY A GOOD PERSON?
HOW ABOUT LOOKING INTO THAT?
>> IF YOU FIND A PERSON THAT DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE, THAT
DOESN'T MEAN ONE THING.
THAT COULD MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS.
MAYBE THEY WERE CARING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER THAT WAS SICK?
MAYBE THEY WERE TOO POOR TO GO TO COLLEGE?
THAT IS A THING.
ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME THAT THAT IS A BETTER THING THAN THAT
PERSON WHO IS SMARTER?
NO.
I THINK WOMEN LARGELY ARE PROBABLY UNDERCUTTING THEIR
OWN CHANCES OF SUCCESS BY REQUIRING THAT THE MEN HAVE
A COLLEGE DEGREE, BUT I WANT WOMEN TO FIND LOVE.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE WILL HAVE TO SET UP SOME SORT OF
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION THING FOR MANY COLLEGE TO GET MORE
MEN THROUGH THE COLLEGE SYSTEM AND GRADUATE.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS OR SOMETHING.
>> THAT'S HILARIOUS.
>> THEY COULD GO.
MEN AREN'T NATURALLY STUPID.
WE JUST DON'T LIKE TO FINISH COLLEGE.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE BEING SERIOUS OR NOT.
>> I WAS JOKING.
>>ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LACK OF MEN
IN COLLEGES, BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT WHY THAT IS AN ISSUE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD SOLVE THAT PROBLEM?
BUT AGAIN, A COLLEGE DEGREE IS NOT THE END-ALL BE-ALL.
THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER QUALITIES THAT PEOPLE BRING
TO THE TABLE.
INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY, AMBITION, SINCERITY,
LOYALTY, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS I PERSONALLY CARE ABOUT WAY
MORE THAN A STUPID PIECE OF PAPER.
>> I DON'T USE A LOT OF THE APPS THAT MAKE UP THIS CULTURE,
BUT I'M SURPRISED THAT WOMEN IN THIS STUDY EVEN KNOW IF THE
GUYS HAVE ONE OR NOT.
IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THE APPS HAVE A SHOT OF THE GUY'S ABS.
>> HOOKING UP IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WANTING TO ESTABLISH A
MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP.