"For hormone-addled teenagers, finding a date can often seem to be a matter of life and death. As it turns out, that may not be so far from the truth. In a paper in the August issue of Demography, a team of researchers led by Nicholas Christakis of Harvard University reports that men who reach sexual maturity in an environment with few available women are at risk of dying sooner than their luckier confrères. The team points out that this finding may have important implications for public health in countries such as India and China, where sex ratios are skewed against women. The idea that a dearth of available women hurts male longevity has been around for some time. There are several reasons why such a hypothesis makes sense. It is now well established that marriage has a beneficial effect on health and survival. Since women are traditionally the caregivers, these benefits accrue especially to men. If there are fewer potential mates around, men may delay marriage or forgo it entirely, losing out on these nuptial niceties. In addition, with more men and fewer single women, the intense competition for a mate is likely to be stressful. Such early-life stress is known to have effects on health that can last for years."
via economist.com
Hustle your butt iPhone users! Now, you must believe that women are better for men than iPhones. Okay I just mentioned iPhone due to the study going around, recently, that says men with iPhones have more sex partners (not more sex!). And, the fur will fly, however, for the Indian and Chinese (it is estimated that there are now 20% more men of marriageable age than women in China — the result of selective abortion and infanticide consequent upon the country's "one-child" policy) menfolk. Better, watch out!
