Posted by:
commonsense
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Date: August 28, 2015 12:47AM
I have been watching some my social media accounts and watching the recent postings of the recently published Time Magazine article about Mormon dating in Utah. Per the article, there is roughly 60% active LDS females to 40% active LDS males. This is causing a over-supply in the market of LDS females.
The reaction of TBM single sisters has ranged with disgust about how superficial people in Utah are with all of their breast augmentations to hoisting the white flag of surrender in the dating and eventual marriage markets. Interestingly, the comments about the article on my social media sources have been mostly from women. I assume the single TBM men understand the dating market well and are fully capitalizing on the imbalance and any comments from them other than comments of support would be deemed as an act of World War III.
Here are some of my observations:
1. If more men are leaving the Church, some TBM sisters will have to decide in marrying a less-active Mormon man, a Nevermo, or never marry
2. The dating market strategy among some uber-TBM sisters may need to shift to an LDS main-stream or a liberal LDS religious framework in order to attract an LDS guy. Now, of course, the uber TBM single brothers will want that type of extreme Mormonism. Most active Mormon men I would contend want more of a moderate to liberal minded woman.
3. The Church has created a huge issue for many sisters in that they have modeled that perfect Mormon guy is on track to becoming a future GA, has a good career (hopefully is making big bucks!) and is a righteous priesthood holder and will provide for them so they will never have to work again.. To get such a combination is statistically not likely. Note to Trolls: Tell your masters they need to teach such things are not reality. You may want to tell them such a model is a akin to Peter Pan and Never Never-Land and sets up a framework for TBM women that is simply out of this world.
4. This may be time of the Church to bring back Polygamy. You will get the TBM single sisters who want to marry to get married and you will increase the world with Mormon babies. Organic growth has a higher retention than converting folks who are fist generation Mormons.
Just my $.02.
http://time.com/dateonomics/