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As the number of highly educated women has increased in recent decades, the chances of "marrying up" have increased significantly for men and decreased for women, according to a new study led by a University of Kansas sociologist.
"The pattern of marriage and its economic consequences have changed over time," said lead author ChangHwan Kim, associate professor of sociology. "Now women are more likely to get married to a less-educated man. What is the consequence of this?"
Kim's co-authored the study with Arthur Sakamoto of Texas A&M University, and the journal Demography recently published their findings. They examined gender-specific changes in the total financial return to education among people of prime working ages, 35 to 44 years old, using U.S. Census data from 1990 and 2000 and the 2009-2011 American Community Survey.
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ChangHwan Kim, Arthur Sakamoto. Women's Progress for Men's Gain? Gender-Specific Changes in the Return to Education as Measured by Family Standard of Living, 1990 to 2009–2011. Demography, 2017; DOI: 10.1007/s13524-017-0601-3
(Score: 3, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday August 30 2017, @08:52PM (2 children)
Yeah, I bet most people are closer to Kinsey 1 than Kinsey 0 if they're being honest with themselves. They're what I'd heard referred to as "spaghetti-sexual" (firmly straight until you get them hot and wet...). Seems more common with women than men though. ...of course, I'm a hard Kinsey 6 so there's one data point that stands in opposition to that hypothesis *shrug*
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday August 30 2017, @09:25PM (1 child)
Seems more common with women than men though
It's debatable. Is it because men really are biologically "straighter", or is it because today's society is more tolerant of female bisexuality so men are more likely to suppress these desires (both consciously and subconsciously)?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @11:49PM
Plenty of guys would swing that way if they weren't concerned about getting caught. Hell I had a (now ex) friend sexually harassing me on a daily basis (dafuq? And the guy was usually getting pussy more regularly than me too...)
Personally I have always been more of the 'center of a throng of girls' type, but the opportunities for that dwindled after middle school, when all of a sudden women have to either be straight or lesbians, depending on their social circle, and swaying into bisexuality or poly arrangements are more or less verboten.
It is too bad I didn't sorts out all of this shit from the 'truths' being spouted by religious zealots, teachers, etc earlier in life, because I could have resolved some complaints about my philandering ways and since they were all friends anyway....