No More Fish In The Sea
Recall the old line “There are plenty of fish in the sea?” Well, according to an article posted last week, that old line, when applied literally, no longer rings true.According to the study, oxygen deprived “dead zones” in the ocean are causing male zebrafish to be born, outnumbering females 3-to-1. As if the sausage-fish-fest wasn’t bad enough, the precious few females that are born have testosterone levels about twice as high as normal. The culprit? Hypoxia - a lack of oxygen in water.
Does any one else think this sounds oddly analogous to the NYC dating scene?
I’ll explain…
We already know NYC breeds uber-independence, so let’s say for argument’s sake that NYC as a whole is a “dead zone.” “Oxygen” could be any number of things. Perhaps it’s a lack of sex, holding certain attitudes toward commitment, an over exertion of self-esteem, it runs the gamut of possibilities and psychoanalysis.
So, due to this mysterious “human-hypoxia-effect,” the few precious females that are left over and available have “testosterone levels” that are twice as high leading to their undesirability. Testosterone in this little scenario could equate to success, intelligence, good looks; basically the more “testosterone,” the less desirable.
(OK…there is the possibility that some single women really do have higher testosterone levels, but that’s a different topic for a different time)
Of course there is the caveat that women outnumber men in NYC by 1.4 to 1, however that doesn’t diminish my speculation that quality female singletons are left over because of too much “testosterone.”
In sum, my convoluted analogy equates to this question: why is it that New York women that seemingly have it together remain oddly single in the city due to this “hypoxia?”
As one of two million single women in New York City, I’m hoping for someone to add some oxygen back into my wading pool…
Oxygen Starved Fish Looking for Ladies CNN.com
posted by Lisa @ 11:13 AM
4 Comments:
Pawlr - "Wearing their professional credentials on their sleeves. Its just not that attractive, frankly."
For many New York women, doing exactly this IS a form of showing their intelligence. Call it cause and effect from battling glass ceilings for years, but I'm frustrated by this notion.
Why should showcasing career success be any less desirable than being able to cite intelligent and witty factoids? Men do it all the time.
ha! i always suspected that there's less fish in the sea than there used to be...
Elle, you're truly brilliant! *bows to analogy*
Pawlr has made an excellent argument. The norm in this town appears to be that when a girl crosses 25, and has a few NYC career years under her belt, she dips drastically in the attractiveness stakes...not physically obviously, but once that conversation gets started...well, pretentious, self-absorbed, ostentatious...shall I continue?
The phenomenon of the strong, confident, independent and successful woman being attractive is a bit 1990s...a girl who can go without mentioning her job, shoes or the dating game for 5 minutes and actually be interested in life outside her own bubble is both rare and much more interesting.
Quote of the week:
"I've been noticing lately that they try to out-alpha guys from the beginning by wearing their professional credentials on their sleeves."
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