Also, the most highly trained academics are woefully unqualified to make matches. Socially attentive individuals in the relevant age cohort fare probably a lot better. A lot of women, in particular, are half decent at guessing, among the people they know, who might make half-decent matches, partly because they actually know their peers.
If women in particular are good at this. And I'm thinking as I say this...wouldn't women be the sex that pursues? I'm not saying men do better at this because they pursue/initiate. This just seems like a false statement unless I misunderstand what you mean.
Also, the most highly trained academics are woefully unqualified to make matches. Socially attentive individuals in the relevant age cohort fare probably a lot better. A lot of women, in particular, are half decent at guessing, among the people they know, who might make half-decent matches, partly because they actually know their peers.