When there are three women for every two men graduating from college, whom will the third woman marry?This is not an academic question. Women, who were a minority on campuses a quarter-century ago, today make up 57 percent of undergraduates, and the gender gap is projected to reach a 60-40 ratio within a few years. So more women, especially black and Hispanic women, will be in a position to get better-paying, more prestigious jobs than their husbands, which makes for a tricky variation of ''Pride and Prejudice.''
It's still a universal truth, as Jane Austen wrote, that a man with a fortune has good marriage prospects. It's not so universal for a woman with a fortune, because pride makes some men determined to be the chief breadwinner. But these traditionalists seem to be a dwindling minority as men have come to appreciate the value of a wife's paycheck.
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Which means that, on average, college-educated women and high-school-educated men will have a harder time finding partners as long as educators keep ignoring the gender gap that starts long before college. Advocates for women have been so effective politically that high schools and colleges are still focusing on supposed discrimination against women: the shortage of women in science classes and on sports teams rather than the shortage of men, period. You could think of this as a victory for women's rights, but many of the victors will end up celebrating alone.
More educated women and less educated men
Male Pride And Female Prejudice from NYTimes
8 comments:
whom will the third woman marry
I seriously need to hunt down this third wimmen now...
Thanks for providing with a mission at the start of ma week itself Shobhna zee :)
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" The women surveyed were less willing to marry down -- marry someone with much lower earnings or less education -- than the men were to marry up. And, in line with Jane Austen, the women were also more determined to marry up than the men were."
Women need to be stronger. Why are they so bent on marrying "up" ? Why cant they actually be the better-half ?
I dont know what this study would show if done in India. But I have heard of so many cases where girls have had to marry well below their social status because of fewer guys being available in general. But there instead of the lady leading the house she becomes subservient to a less capable man.
finally its the man who can choose now...
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you really giving foood for my thought
vaishnav
yet another thin line
Hehehe...
They are gonna launch one...
Shobhana under Zee networks :D
aapni toh paathshaala..
masti ki paathshaala.
Im a rebel \:D/
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