Interesting stuff, it's clear from this economics perspective that sexual behavior is tightly coupled to risks and societal influence. As birth control became more available, the risk of premarital sex went down dramatically. I think societal norms are slowly catching up with this, hence why "we" (i.e. Western nations) are more liberal now than say 70 years ago. Here's a related thought experiment: could ever increas…
Here's something interesting: bachelorhood is at an all-time high: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/barbara-hollingsworth/bachel...
What's common in articles like these is the implicit assumption that:
> Men are bachelors because they're failing to mature, falling behind in school and the workplace, etc, etc
How about a more economic argument, like in this submission? Or rather, why not just ask a better question - why are they failing to mature? The answers would be something along the lines of: there are no incentives to do so.
If women don't need to get married as much (lower demand), their price (standards) must therefore increase. E.g. "I'm not really interesting in having a sweet right now, but if it's a mousse chocolate cake..." Maybe the price rises past the point where it's worth it to buy, from the male perspective. Also this means less and less men can compete.