I was in the library once, researching about something. In that library, tables were for one person each only. So I was there studying, when I heard a very familiar voice saying something in a very unfamiliar way. I look up, and there he was, about four seats in front of mine, he was talking to two friends standing in front of his table. I know that guy, I thought.
After a few seconds of thinking, I remembered. That was the guy I had a huge crush on some semesters ago! We were classmates in creative writing class, but you know, it was a long time ago. But what really surprised me was the way he talked.
“E-WUHN KOH!” he said. He didn’t know, he said. In that way, yes, it sounded like he was gay. The next day, I asked my friend who was in his college if he was gay and she said he was!
O.M.G. What happened to him? The last time we met, he had just broken up with his girlfriend, looking to court another girl. Just imagine my surprise. The guy was a heartthrob too. My heart fell to the ground. Ouch. No, I was kidding. But still, as a girl, my initial thought was sayang or “what a waste!” But of course, for other gay men, that is a good thing. Good for them.
My thoughts wandered even more. I thought, the supply curve of available and able men just shifted to the left. Sad face. In fact, if you think about it, the demand curve for these men even shifted to the right! Sadder face.
Supply and Demand of Available and Able Men/ Women
I don’t really know but I just like to think of it this way. It is quite the same thing when it comes to the market of women right? Just the other side of the story. If we factor in women who prefer women, then the demand for men decreases. The question is, how big?
I need more research on this, like, statistics on how many men and women there are in the world. I dug up some statistics from my thesis data, and the proportion was mostly near half for most province. So biologically, the numbers are equal. I wonder if someday there will be statistics for gender and not just biological sex. I also wonder if it is politically correct to do it though. But anyway, this is the story of our lives. No matter how big the shifts of the curves, what is important is that you have the assets to acquire the man or woman.
In a Psychology class we were taught about a hypothesis about attraction. It says, it is like a market, and you bring your goods to the market. You find your partner when there is, a term we often use in Economics, “the double incidence of wants”. It’s like a barter, if you think about it. A man for a woman. Or, well, a man for another man (a woman for another woman). But if we want a “medium of exchange” or something to measure price, well, that points to good characteristics. Your level of physical attractiveness, your intelligence, your talents, they are like money. Some would prefer intelligence over physical attractiveness, and they have a certain “exchange rate”. It is a little hard to standardize though, because peoples’ exchange rates for these traits are not the same.
Okay, enough of the nerd talk. The point is, your market value must become higher to secure that you get your share from the scarce resource. Oh, sorry, can’t let go of the nerd talk.
Ah, that guy I had a crush on may now be on the demand side. But as a last resort, I don’t mind considering convincing him to come back to the supply side. Fine, there’s a lot of fish in the sea they say. But more and more people are saying the good men die young. No, kidding. More and more people are saying that the good men, if they’re not taken, they’re gay. At least the people around me, they say that.
Still points to one thing. Increase your market value. It’s not asking for you to change yourself, it’s just asking you to have enough goods to get your man. Maybe highlight the goods you’ve got, more like that. You’ll never know when you’ll find your great love. It’s going to be a sad moment when it’s right there and you didn’t save enough to get it.
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Some Economics and Your Next Boyfriend
I was in the library once, researching about something. In that library, tables were for one person each only. So I was there studying, when I heard a very familiar voice saying something in a very unfamiliar way. I look up, and there he was, about four seats in front of mine, he was talking to two friends standing in front of his table. I know that guy, I thought.
After a few seconds of thinking, I remembered. That was the guy I had a huge crush on some semesters ago! We were classmates in creative writing class, but you know, it was a long time ago. But what really surprised me was the way he talked.
“E-WUHN KOH!” he said. He didn’t know, he said. In that way, yes, it sounded like he was gay. The next day, I asked my friend who was in his college if he was gay and she said he was!
O.M.G. What happened to him? The last time we met, he had just broken up with his girlfriend, looking to court another girl. Just imagine my surprise. The guy was a heartthrob too. My heart fell to the ground. Ouch. No, I was kidding. But still, as a girl, my initial thought was sayang or “what a waste!” But of course, for other gay men, that is a good thing. Good for them.
My thoughts wandered even more. I thought, the supply curve of available and able men just shifted to the left. Sad face. In fact, if you think about it, the demand curve for these men even shifted to the right! Sadder face.
Supply and Demand of Available and Able Men/ Women
I don’t really know but I just like to think of it this way. It is quite the same thing when it comes to the market of women right? Just the other side of the story. If we factor in women who prefer women, then the demand for men decreases. The question is, how big?
I need more research on this, like, statistics on how many men and women there are in the world. I dug up some statistics from my thesis data, and the proportion was mostly near half for most province. So biologically, the numbers are equal. I wonder if someday there will be statistics for gender and not just biological sex. I also wonder if it is politically correct to do it though. But anyway, this is the story of our lives. No matter how big the shifts of the curves, what is important is that you have the assets to acquire the man or woman.
In a Psychology class we were taught about a hypothesis about attraction. It says, it is like a market, and you bring your goods to the market. You find your partner when there is, a term we often use in Economics, “the double incidence of wants”. It’s like a barter, if you think about it. A man for a woman. Or, well, a man for another man (a woman for another woman). But if we want a “medium of exchange” or something to measure price, well, that points to good characteristics. Your level of physical attractiveness, your intelligence, your talents, they are like money. Some would prefer intelligence over physical attractiveness, and they have a certain “exchange rate”. It is a little hard to standardize though, because peoples’ exchange rates for these traits are not the same.
Okay, enough of the nerd talk. The point is, your market value must become higher to secure that you get your share from the scarce resource. Oh, sorry, can’t let go of the nerd talk.
Ah, that guy I had a crush on may now be on the demand side. But as a last resort, I don’t mind considering convincing him to come back to the supply side. Fine, there’s a lot of fish in the sea they say. But more and more people are saying the good men die young. No, kidding. More and more people are saying that the good men, if they’re not taken, they’re gay. At least the people around me, they say that.
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