Posted on 09/04/2008 2:28:06 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SYDNEY (AFP) – Australia is in the grip of a "man drought" where women increasingly outnumber men and a good bachelor is hard to find, according to new research from a leading demographer.
From its founding as a British penal colony more than 200 years ago, Australia has traditionally suffered from a gender imbalance where men were more likely to be more numerous than the fairer sex Down Under.
But what was once an oversupply of testosterone began to move in the other direction in the 1990s, and single women in their thirties are beginning to wonder where all the men have gone, says study author Bernard Salt.
"In 1976 there were 54,000 more 30-something men than women on the Australian continent," he told AFP.
"That switched in the 1990s to the point that today there are 9,000 more 30-something women than men in Australia.
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Pedestrians walk across a busy Sydney street intersection in 2004. Australia is in the grip of a "man drought" where women increasingly outnumber men and a good bachelor is hard to find, according to new research from a leading demographer. (AFP/File/Greg Wood)
.. men were increasingly being drawn overseas as part of the internationalisation of the labour market.
“Our youngest, our brightest, our most ambitious, the slightly more male occupations are being attracted out of Australia,” he said.
“It upsets the gender balance.”
O man is this thread going to be fun.
Marked.
Marking
Making a clean breast of fashion [Boobs for men as a fashion accessory] (Daily Telegraph 1-14-03 JENNIFER MELOCCO)
The provocative direction – featuring male models with fake breasts under figure-hugging knitwear – was sent down the catwalk by outrageous British designer Vivienne Westwood in the mens' autumn winter 2003 shows held this week. And while the effect may look outrageous today, fashion commentators reckon Sydney men may just end up adopting it – in a few years' time.
Overheard at an Aussie bar, one single lady to another: “Yeah, baby, that’s a man!”
Who is willing to bet the 30-something men married 20-something women... having gotten tired of 30-something women’s issues... ;-)
Okay, just kidding.
9000 more women? hmmmm ... based on the higher percentage of men that go for men than women that go for women, this is a bigger drought than it looks! At least for the heterosexual’s among us!! ;-)
"Two girls for every boy..."
There's the problem. Those Limeys didn't know how to spell "penile".
Sorry, girls, no rain in the forecast.
It’s the sheep, the sheep do not complain!
Gunner
You just have to know where to look...
Note to self:
Start chatting up some Aussie babes online.
In the 1970’s I was there. It was 6 girls to every guy then. Australia lost a lot of men in WWII and they have not come back by natural birth.
On a serious note, they mean working women that have put off getting married until their 30s so they could have a career are finding out you can't micro-manage you life that easily.
Reality check. The typical 30+ year old guy is looking for a woman in here mid-late 20s to marry. 40+ year old guys more than likely are married or divorced with kids.
The fact that women put off their personal lives until their 30s doesn't mean men did. This is the same thing that happened in the US in the '80s and '90s when you saw all the "where are all the single men" stories. The single men were out there when the women were in their 20s, but the chose to wait. By the time they were ready to get married (their 30s) those single men had been snapped up.
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