If more women than men have college degrees, what does it mean for

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Anonymous wrote:Women tend be more judgmental toward lower educated people (men and other women) compared to men. A college education doesn't make you educated. Simply because you have a bachelor's in something doesn't mean you are actually educated.

I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics. It took 2.5 years to graduate because I completed many college math courses while still in high school. I have noticed once women know that I graduated with a math degree somehow they put me on this pedestal of "smart" people. I am not smart, I just took the easy route by focusing on something I am good at.

We recently had our windows replaced and I was so impressed with the work of the carpenter . Ironically on paper at least a woman is more likely to "pick" me over the carpenter simply because have a "college education". That carpenter that she overlooked because he is not "educated" is probably going to be a better husband than me.

A degree doesn't necessarily mean you're educated, but that's the way you bet if you don't have more to go on. Frankly, the idea that degrees and the pursuit of education are frivolous and unnecessary has a lot to do with the degradation we've been seeing in our society. Doing your own research, sneering at expertise, and all the rest of it is why we can't have nice things. It's really not coincidental that disrespect for educated men in society has risen at the same time as women have been stripped of their reproductive rights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Women tend be more judgmental toward lower educated people (men and other women) compared to men. A college education doesn't make you educated. Simply because you have a bachelor's in something doesn't mean you are actually educated.

I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics. It took 2.5 years to graduate because I completed many college math courses while still in high school. I have noticed once women know that I graduated with a math degree somehow they put me on this pedestal of "smart" people. I am not smart, I just took the easy route by focusing on something I am good at.

We recently had our windows replaced and I was so impressed with the work of the carpenter . Ironically on paper at least a woman is more likely to "pick" me over the carpenter simply because have a "college education". That carpenter that she overlooked because he is not "educated" is probably going to be a better husband than me.

Why didn’t you double major and study abroad and do internships and do 4 years of college. Take advantage of that opportunity to grow- academically, socially, worldly, professionally, etc.?

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Anonymous wrote:Women tend be more judgmental toward lower educated people (men and other women) compared to men. A college education doesn't make you educated. Simply because you have a bachelor's in something doesn't mean you are actually educated.

I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics. It took 2.5 years to graduate because I completed many college math courses while still in high school. I have noticed once women know that I graduated with a math degree somehow they put me on this pedestal of "smart" people. I am not smart, I just took the easy route by focusing on something I am good at.

We recently had our windows replaced and I was so impressed with the work of the carpenter . Ironically on paper at least a woman is more likely to "pick" me over the carpenter simply because have a "college education". That carpenter that she overlooked because he is not "educated" is probably going to be a better husband than me.

I don't want to speak for women because I am a man. But my guess is that women prefer men who are equal to them or higher financially because women naturally worry more about the future than men. A woman who doesn't have a child probably already has a plan in her mind about the life she would want her child to have. And women always want the best for their children. For this to happen they can't get with someone who doesn't have the potential to be an equal financial partner.

And my advice to men don'tarry a woman who isn't going to be an equal financial partner because of the marriage fails you won't be on the hook for alimony/child support.

Yeah, screw the kids and pocket your own income more!

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't read all of the responses, but as the mother of a devastatingly handsome 20-year-old son who takes community college classes, but likely will not get a 4-year degree, I'm encouraging him to embrace fitness. Trying to get him to become a firefighter, too, because I think a handsome, fit firefighter is a catch for a professional woman.

why would a firefighter attract professional women? The vast majority of firefighters are not married to professional women because they don’t run in the same circles.

Why wouldn't they? They are probably the in the top five best looking profession out there. That's in addition to the whole saving you from a burning building part of their personality. That works for me.

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My engineering best friend from high school married a divorced with 1 kid firefighter. They met online. He's easy to talk with and quite empathetic, and from a very nice family of dairy farmers. This is the Midwest, Big 10 culture grads.

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I will add that he/the firefighter is very calming presence for my friend and her general anxiety too. He really gets her.

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Anonymous wrote:Women tend be more judgmental toward lower educated people (men and other women) compared to men. A college education doesn't make you educated. Simply because you have a bachelor's in something doesn't mean you are actually educated.

I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics. It took 2.5 years to graduate because I completed many college math courses while still in high school. I have noticed once women know that I graduated with a math degree somehow they put me on this pedestal of "smart" people. I am not smart, I just took the easy route by focusing on something I am good at.

We recently had our windows replaced and I was so impressed with the work of the carpenter . Ironically on paper at least a woman is more likely to "pick" me over the carpenter simply because have a "college education". That carpenter that she overlooked because he is not "educated" is probably going to be a better husband than me.

I don't want to speak for women because I am a man. But my guess is that women prefer men who are equal to them or higher financially because women naturally worry more about the future than men. A woman who doesn't have a child probably already has a plan in her mind about the life she would want her child to have. And women always want the best for their children. For this to happen they can't get with someone who doesn't have the potential to be an equal financial partner.

And my advice to men don'tarry a woman who isn't going to be an equal financial partner because of the marriage fails you won't be on the hook for alimony/child support.

You get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Women tend be more judgmental toward lower educated people (men and other women) compared to men. A college education doesn't make you educated. Simply because you have a bachelor's in something doesn't mean you are actually educated.

I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics. It took 2.5 years to graduate because I completed many college math courses while still in high school. I have noticed once women know that I graduated with a math degree somehow they put me on this pedestal of "smart" people. I am not smart, I just took the easy route by focusing on something I am good at.

We recently had our windows replaced and I was so impressed with the work of the carpenter . Ironically on paper at least a woman is more likely to "pick" me over the carpenter simply because have a "college education". That carpenter that she overlooked because he is not "educated" is probably going to be a better husband than me.

If you are lazy and don't have good earning potential, then yea, doesn't matter how "smart" you are in math.

FWIW, both my DH and DS are strong in math. DH was an eng major, and DS is a dual math/CS major. DH can also fix stuff around the house and has started teaching DS how to fix stuff, too.

DH made more than me when we first got together, but that was partly due to him being in the industry a lot longer than me. At one point. we earned the same, and then eventually, I out earned him.

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It means more educated women will marry non educated men.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/marrying-down-110000332.html

But beginning in the mid-20th century, as more women started to attend college, marriages seemed to move in a more egalitarian direction, at least in one respect: A greater number of men and women started partnering up with their educational equals. That trend, however, appears to have stalled and even reversed in recent years. Gaps in educational experience among heterosexual couples are growing again. And this time? It’s women who are “marrying down.”

Researchers debate whether marriage between educational equals—homogamy—is on the decline. But one thing is clear: The phenomenon of women marrying men with less education than themselves, what academics call “hypogamy,” is on the rise. In fact, women are now more likely to marry a less-educated man than men are to marry a less-educated woman.

For all that remains unknown about the dynamics of hypogamous relationships, a growing body of research suggests that women are indeed marrying less-educated men simply because that’s who is available—not necessarily because of changing preferences.