Dude, She’s (Exactly 25 Percent) Out of Your League
theatlantic.comhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_marriage_problem
Though, in this case, "marriage" is more of a mathematical construct, but the math matches the result here.
I would love to see the stats of San Francisco, or at least the Bay Area in general.
It’s a sausage fest here lol
TFA doesn't mention the race, but if I remember correctly from the okcupid article, race affects the dating way more compared to everything else.
Yes it does:
White men and Asian women are consistently more desired than other users, while black women rank anomalously lower.
Bruch said that race and gender stereotypes often get mixed up, with a race acquiring gendered connotations. “Asian is coded as female, so that’s why Asian women get so much market power and Asian men get so little,” she told me. “For black men and women, it’s the opposite.”
But “what we are seeing is overwhelmingly the effect of white preferences,” she cautioned. “This is site is predominantly white, 70 percent white. If this was a site that was 20 percent white, we may see a totally different desirability hierarchy.”
That last bit is just wrong. OKCupid did the full analysis, showing how each race preferred each of the other races, for both males and females. Nothing much changes.
The comment that "race and gender stereotypes often get mixed up, with a race acquiring gendered connotations" is interesting. Unfortunately, it implies that this is merely cultural viewpoint, but consider an actual trait: ability to grow a thick beard. Consider another: height. Height is particularly easy to demonstrate. One can simply look up average height by sex and by race.
So the other 30% non-white display different preferences? If it is true why not share and analyze that piece of information.
What does TFA stand for? Also the article does mention race fwiw
> Across the four cities and the thousands of users, consistent patterns around age, race, and education level emerge. White men and Asian women are consistently more desired than other users, while black women rank anomalously lower.
The Fine (or other F-word of your imagination) Article