I don't doubt a shift in the mean or median dating experience but nobody has presented systematic evidence of a significant shift. Elder Oaks speech is probably the best evidence of a shift but it doesn't really get at magnitudes.
In my personal experience at BYU in the 90s I observed that the dating distribution was very concentrated. Pretty yet approachable girls where asked out very frequently. On the other hand, girls that were beautiful but less approachable often only had a few dates a semester. Steelblue's example could easily fit within pattern. I don't doubt a shift but I would like to see a whole lot better evidence before we indict BYU males or females in general.
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