Could be a decent place for an extended vacation:
Dr Chapple’s observations have now led to a government-funded study
that has confirmed a widening gap in New Zealand between the numbers of
well-qualified younger men and women. The study found that women
graduates aged 25-30 outnumber by a third the number of similarly
qualified men in New Zealand. Twenty years ago, 61 per cent of female
graduates had partners with similar qualifications — a figure that has
now fallen to about 50 per cent. The report says that the man shortage is forcing women to “marry down”, become solo mothers or remain single.
Interesting, no?
Formal dates were a thing of the past: “You just happen to be at the
right place at the right time, you snog somebody and then you are in
the sack — it’s not exactly a dating culture.”
Although some seem to have found their own solution:
The Wellington policy analyst said that there were other options for
single women. “All I can say is get a cat and a vibrator — it worked
for me.
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