In any case, my original point wasn’t that Israelis start dating earlier, but rather than they get married earlier. If one compared a typical class of 20 or 21 year olds in an Israeli BY vs an American BY, there would be a greater % married in the Israeli. I see however a change in this, and Israeli girls are no longer getting married as fast. My theory is that it is because of money/apt issues that used to not be as big a factor.
I hope Shopping, that the system is correcting itself before it reaches the crisis levels seen in the US and that creative solutions are being used. I hope that the mentality of following the herd and sticking within a very narrow box does not prevent these much needed changes.