re: Shortage of economically attractive partners for unmarried women to marry

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No we wouldn’t. If I was single now, I’d be looking at as close to the half my age plus seven formula as I could get. And so would everyone else.

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No- that may be your preference, but it’s not everyone else’s. I live in an area with higher than average incomes and education. Marriageable men (emotionally mature, fiscally responsible, educated) that I personally know tend to date at peer age or about 5 years below. That’s how you build a life and stable family with a best friend and lover.
If you were single now, it sounds like you’d need the number of an escort agency and an iron-clad prenup. While I have no doubt men are sexually attracted to 20 year olds, most normal older guys are emotionally attracted to an equal (in age, education, finance status).