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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, Insightful) by crafoo on Wednesday August 30 2017, @08:55PM (5 children)
Under-rated post. I wish I could mod this up. So many women need to get off dating sites and into the gym.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @01:25AM
Or, at least, stay off the bon-bons.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @01:43PM (1 child)
I tried to lead by example, exercising daily and attempting to get my girlfriend to go. Or exercise alone if she thought I'd see the fat jiggle--or someone else might.
Instead, she cries she is fat and eats fatty foods because the healthy stuff isn't filling and doesn't taste good.
I even won fitness awards for contests I was unwillingly pressed into because the people at the gym thought I'd do well, and I was only there to maintain my health... anyway I can tell you this: It is incredibly awkward to get hit on by athletic (and thus by my standards, usually quite attractive) women and say no because I am not single and don't want to even try to manage even a short term side relationship.
And yet I can't get my girlfriend to do more than complain. I wish that burned calories. Some day, I may give in to temptation... and none of these conversations I've had involved a dating site. It's all been in the gym.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday September 01 2017, @04:56AM
Sounds like you need to dump your girlfriend and hook up with one of these other women who you'll have a more similar lifestyle with. I don't mean to be glib, but a long-term relationship partner really needs to be someone who's also a major activity partner with you, not just a roommate and sex partner. If you're heavily into physical fitness and she's not, that's not likely to work out that well. If you're not married yet and don't have kids together, then you don't really need to stay with her.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @08:08PM (1 child)
Oh, and men don't need to?
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday September 01 2017, @05:08AM
Oh, and men don't need to?
Most Americans need to, but the situation isn't quite as bad for men as it is for women. Remember, women naturally have more body fat than men anyway; a man in excellent physical shape can have a body fat percentage of well under 10%, but that's pretty close to deadly for a woman. A very thin woman in excellent shape will still be in the mid-teens or so, which for a man is nothing special. Women seem to have an easier time gaining weight (visibly), and a harder time losing it. And women are also usually shorter and smaller, so when they do gain weight, it's more noticeable. 20 extra pounds on a 5'10" guy isn't that noticeable, but on a 5'4" woman it is.
On top of that, women are more valued for their looks than men, by far. Not many attractive men are interested in dating unattractive women. But ultra-hot women are frequently happy to marry ugly older men with plenty of extra weight in the middle, as long as they're rich. Proof: treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin. See here [thesun.co.uk]