We've seen it time and time again on reddit that "women are only attracted to 1-2% of men in their age group" or "women disqualify the vast majority of men", heck I've even seen a lot of women write these statements.

However, let's look at the stats. It's assumed the average women in her mid 20's probably had 5-6 boyfriends (some longer term than others) as well as a couple of flings up to this point. Now, if we assume only 1-2% of men (in her age group) even qualify for her to consider, and if some of those guys won't be interested in her, we can assume 1 in 100 men (in her age group) are viable candidates for her to date.

This means that, on average, she must have met 500-600 men to find the 5-6 boyfriends. So through the last decade she had to meet on average 1 new man a week, and thats excluding the fact that while in a relationship any guy who "qualifies" would be rejected.

Now maybe I've just been stuck under a rock, but in my experience most people are really not that social. They have periods when they meet new people frequently, such as after starting university, or joining a new friend group, or moving to a new city. However there are long periods of time where they just hang out with the same people and don't really make new connections bar the occasional 1 or 2 people they meet at a party.

In my anecdotal experience a lot of relationships happen in the same extended friend groups, so it begs the question of how they managed to find a 1% guy out of the 5 single guys in the group?

Either women are just statistically incredibly lucky to meet these rare men from their existing connections, or women are actually insanely social and meet new people on mass all the time for this theory to be true.

Caveat - I know I ignored dating apps but since the ratios are so bad and women are barely on them, coupled with their hookup reputation, I'm going to assume most women don't form lasting relationships from the apps.