Why 60% of Gen Z Men Are Not Dating

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**Patrick Bet-David** (0:26)
So there's a massive epidemic going on with young men, Gen Z specifically.
60% of them under 30 are not even dating. By the way, 62% of them are not even wanting to date, Gen Z men. This is a high of 2019 when it was 51%.
So even though they're getting older, the older they get, they're like, I'm not even interested in dating. Why not? Do you know what the average cost of a date is for Gen Z today? When they go out, $205, who's expected to pay for it? Of course, men. Millennials' average cost for dinner is $252.
Gen Z is $205. The national average is $189. We need more Gen Z dating, because we need more babies, especially with our birthrate dropping. I'm going to share with you if you're watching this as a young man, St. Pat, what can I do to succeed in the market because I'm looking for girls? I'm going to give you certain tips that helped me when I was 23 Hopefully, it'll help you out as well.
So, if you value edit this video, give it a thumbs up and subscribe to the channel. Specifically, the 51% of you that consume the content on a weekly basis, but you still haven't subscribed, were on our way to get to 10 million subscribers. We're less than 3 million subscribers away from getting there. It would mean a lot to us if you take a moment and smash that subscribe button. Haven't said that, let's get right into it. Okay, crisis by the numbers. We already know 60% of young men are not dating. 62% are not even trying to date, up from 51% compared to just 34% for women. So women are like, no, no, I want to date. I want to go out there and meet people. Young men are like, no, no, no, I'm leaving the marketplace. I don't want to do this. Apps like Tinder are heavily skewed towards male users. 76% of Tinder users are men. So guess what? It's like going to a nightclub and it's not ladies night. You go to a nightclub and everybody there is a bunch of men at a nightclub. Your options are you want to go to a place where women are. We're going to talk about that here in a minute.
Studies suggest roughly 80% of men are rated as below average in attractiveness, leading many to feel inadequate or ignored. You know what's the interesting thing? Today I came back from speaking at the school, and there's all these kids in this classroom, and I go up on the board and I write these numbers down. I write 14 and I write 3 I said, can I ask you guys a question? Can anybody tell me what this 14-3 means? One girl is like, that's a date according to European calendar, and they're going through all this other stuff. I said, let me tell you what this means. I walk into this classroom, there was 14 girls to 3 boys, and I sat there and I'm like, wait a minute, these are great ratios. One of the guys, that's a boy, is my son. So I'm like, hey son, you listen, you got a lot of good options here, right? These are the types of ratios you want. So now if you're watching and saying, how do I put myself in a position to have more options? So when they say 80% of it's attractiveness, all this other stuff, look at some of the most beautiful women in the world. Are they all married to attractive men? Not necessarily. So what did these men have that these girls dated and chose to go with them? There's a reason for that. We're going to talk about that. So now, biggest dating fears.
Pervasive fear of being perceived as creepy or toxic. Oh my God, you're too much. This is too much. This is too pushy. So approach anxiety, a growing fear of being viewed as disrespectful, intrusive, or contributing to toxic masculinity has caused many young men to stop approaching women in real life. By the way, young men, if you're listening to this, you're creating this imagination. This doesn't exist. By the way, this has been around for a long time.