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* Rosenfeld M, Thomas RJ, Hausen S. 2019. ''Research Note: Disintermediating your friends.'' Pending for peer-review publication. [[https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Rosenfeld_et_al_Disintermediating_Friends.pdf FullText]] [[https://qz.com/1546677/around-40-of-us-couples-now-first-meet-online/ News]] | * Rosenfeld M, Thomas RJ, Hausen S. 2019. ''Research Note: Disintermediating your friends.'' Pending for peer-review publication. [[https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Rosenfeld_et_al_Disintermediating_Friends.pdf FullText]] [[https://qz.com/1546677/around-40-of-us-couples-now-first-meet-online/ News]] | ||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;"> | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Most online dating sites are dominated by men, only 21%-34% of users are female</span>=== | ||
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Many commentators on the rising male celibacy rates have suggested these rates reflect men no longer making an effort to meet women, arguing the men are instead focusing on solitary pursuits like playing video games. Statistics of gender participation in online dating contradict this perspective. They show men are the overwhelming users of online dating apps while women make up a minority. | Many commentators on the rising male celibacy rates have suggested these rates reflect men no longer making an effort to meet women, arguing the men are instead focusing on solitary pursuits like playing video games. Statistics of gender participation in online dating contradict this perspective. They show men are the overwhelming users of online dating apps while women make up a minority. | ||
Based on these gender statistics, it seems apparent that men are very much trying, but a disproportionate amount of women aren't interested in participating at all. Any serious effort to improve relationship uptake between the genders would therefore need to focus on increasing female, not male, engagement in the dating market. | Based on these gender statistics, it seems apparent that men are very much trying, but a disproportionate amount of women aren't interested in participating at all. Any serious effort to improve relationship uptake between the genders would therefore need to focus on increasing female, not male, engagement in the dating market. | ||
Some have suggested the over-representation of males in online dating fully explains the excessive attention women receive in online dating. If we look however, at dating platforms with more even gender ratios (e.g. OkCupid with 48.3% men vs 51.7% women) we still find women receiving an excess of attention (see e.g. "Dataclysm" by Christian Rudder, p. 118). TODO | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Data:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Data:'''</span> | ||
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https://www.statista.com/statistics/826778/most-popular-dating-apps-by-audience-size-usa/ | |||
https://www.statista.com/statistics/809443/us-users-favorite-dating-websites-apps-gender/ | |||
https://www.statista.com/topics/2158/online-dating/ | |||
https://www.statista.com/statistics/723446/okcupid-current-and-past-usage-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-gender/ | |||
https://www.statista.com/statistics/719595/dating-app-users-gender-distribution/ | |||
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Gender breakdowns of dating app users in 2019 as per Statista are as follows: | Gender breakdowns of dating app users in 2019 as per Statista are as follows: | ||