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=== 80/20 Rule === | === 80/20 Rule === | ||
[[File:413.jpg|thumb|left|<center> | [[File:413.jpg|thumb|left|<center>OkCupid deleting their internal dating studies shortly after the [[Alek Minassian]] attack</center>]] | ||
[[File:okcupid.png|thumb|right|<center>Women rate 80% of men as below the average of all men, source: | [[File:okcupid.png|thumb|right|<center>Women rate 80% of men as below the average of all men, source: OkCupid</center>]] | ||
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The 80/20 rule, or "Pareto Principle", comes from economics and refers to the observation that inequality often approaches a distribution where the 20% richest own 80% of the wealth. In case of the sexual market, wealth means the number of sex partners. | The 80/20 rule, or "Pareto Principle", comes from economics and refers to the observation that inequality often approaches a distribution where the 20% richest own 80% of the wealth. In case of the sexual market, wealth means the number of sex partners. | ||