Do Women Outnumber Men???

"If God didn't want me to have more than one female, then why do these women outnumber us so much?"

This is one of the most ridiculous urban legends out there. And the reason being... you can EASILY verify the veracity of the claim. But, nonetheless, I've heard a statement either identical or similar spoken time and time again, either in movie or directly from men. The most odd thing about this, even if you didn't take the time to research the data, though that would not be hard to do... just go outside. C'mon. See, these are the most frustrating cases. One of my biggest weaknesses (my personal white whale?) is that I try to convince people too much. Now, there are cases where I understand it may be hard or time consuming to convince people of things. If you say that "gravity is a force inherent in all mass, and big ones just pull harder" and I say, "no, Newton was wrong, Einstein proved that gravity is due to large objects displacement of space-time, [space-time curvature.]" I know we're going to be a while.

But this? you could just go outside. Or look at the numbers. Here are the 2000 Census numbers...

African Americans

Men 16,465,185 47.5%
Women 18,193,005 52.5%

General Population

Men 138,053,563 49.1%
Women 143,368,343 50.9%

The 2006 ESTIMATES have the gender demographic of the general populace as 49.2/50.8, so there is relatively no change over that 6 year period. Now, there are more women than men, and the gap is slightly larger for African Americans, however, if you're in a room with a 1000 people, you will not be able to look out and notice any gender disparities when its 475/525. And most people who even DARE to say that we are outnumbered, usually have some outlandish numbers like 3 to 1 or 5 to 1. 5 to 1? Really. C'mon. Are you serious? Lets say it was ONLY 3 to 1 (we'll take the low number)... you dont think we could tell if of every 100 people... 75 were women? To me, it just seems like one of those things people dont really think is true... (you dont really believe this crap, do you?) yet say... never wanting to find the evidence... and put on those "I'm purposely retarded" visors on, so that they can explain a way their actions and or views.

"Nah, Im not the villain... look how we're outnumbered... men were meant to be with many women... if it were say... basically a 1 to 1 ratio... then I would act differently... but since God has us outnumbered 5 to 1... thats why I do what I do... ya know?"

The more I search for empirical truth... the more I think those that reject it fall into one of two categories... (willfully) ignorant or (hopelessly) delusional. And if you believe (as I've heard many a man say) that women outnumber men 5 to 1 or 8 to 1... then you willingly live in ignorance or you are DEEEEEEEEELUSIONAL... (the former, is perhaps, sadder than the latter)

You need to wear an aluminum foil "helmet" so we can readily identify you when you're coming.