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1. qihqi · 1790811099 · focus · HN ↗

   Depending on the which gender does the initiation; the result is either male optimal (males get the best he can get, females gets the worst among those she would tolerate) or female optimal. I wonder which version this one is.

   1. jb1991 · 1790811228 · focus · HN ↗

      The article also mentioned that, but I don’t understand it. Receivers are also making choices, so why do they end up with the worst match?

      1. computably · 1790817201 · focus · HN ↗

         I left another comment with the minimal example, but intuitively:

         - proposers descend from their 1st choice, while recipients ascend according to their offers; the outcome can't be recipient-biased, because recipients ascend only when proposers are forced to descend

         - a matching is stable if each pair contains at least one party that cannot find a strictly better match

         - in particular there are multiple distinct matchings, and if proposer-biased, recipients have no recourse to break the proposer-favored pairs

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