Shortage of marriageable men
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Dearth of eligible males
Nature
In many industrialized countries people are marrying later in life. Because men usually prefer to marry a younger women rather than someone their own age, the women who choose to marry later encounter a shortage of eligible men their own age. Some also point to the growing acceptability of homosexuality for the shortage of potential husbands.
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(E) Emanations of other problems