The NASI Project at the 2009 Agudah Convention showed the above video to address the existence of many unmarried women in the Orthodox Jewish community. In a nutshell, the problem cited in the three-minute video was that single men tend to date younger women, leaving single, older women to remain alone.
Still, no matter how much the frum world wishes to separate itself from the secular one, it is impossible for Orthodox Jews to ignore societal trends completely. Women (and men) are not simply sitting around waiting for someone to propose (or to propose themselves); many are intentionally remaining single. The religious, Jewish world is facing the same problem as secular, non-Jewish society: Both men and women, for different reasons, have become pickier as a result of the unintended consequences of feminism.
(Hat tip: Frum Satire)
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