I didn't know where to place this, in PPD or in unpopularopinions, but a thought has been brewing in my brain. 1/3 of Americans have a college education. The average college campus has 1/3rd men attending. And for simplicity sake, let's just say the U.S. has a population of 50% men 50% women even.

So if I did my percentages right, 11% are college educated men, 22% college educated women, 28% non-college educated women, and 39% non-college educated men. Let's not think about our friends in the LGBTQ for this discussion. Or even unattractive people. Let's put a pin on those two groups for a moment.

In a "perfect" world, college educated people would pair up, and non-college educated people would pair up. That would leave us with 11% college educated women that are single, and 11% non-college educated men that are single. But god forbid a woman has to "date down" to a good guy who can give her a lot of love and support, but if he doesn't have that paper, he might as well be "trash"? But we don't live in a perfect world. Maybe some of those non-college educated women go after the 11% of college educated men. So potentially, 50% of the population are going after 11%. So theoretically, there could be more single college educated women than previously thought (with the "nons" as competition).

Now take into account our LGBTQ friends and unattractive groups. Now that number is even worse for straight college educated women. Because it's "never enough". He has to go for a college education, be in a financially lucrative major, straight (duh), and handsome. And that's just the barest of essentials a lot of women are looking for. With that alone, you're cutting out a lot of guys.

If women aren't satisfied with the 11% that is offered to them, how about broadening your search? Everybody has their standards. That's fine. But don't treat people who are unable to reach your qualifications as "red flags" or "undesirables". There are plenty of good men out there. Does a man's status mean more to you than anything else he could provide?