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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @11:30PM (6 children)
They seem to be assuming that someone who did not go to college is inherently less educated than someone who did, and they're doing so in an age where people have more access to information than ever before.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @11:47PM
It is a stereotype, same as with all others. There is always a grain of truth to them, but its never a good idea to operate as if they are the Truth.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @12:43AM (4 children)
Yup. Before I earned my degree, my now wife who had one was still about one tenth of my intelligence. She would read 100+ books a year, but they were all fiction. She could not tell you how many people there were in the US. And knew next to nothing about anything. "Education" in this context is a myth.
(Score: 1) by anubi on Thursday August 31 2017, @01:10AM (1 child)
There is a big difference between knowledge and wisdom.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 3, Funny) by Fnord666 on Thursday August 31 2017, @02:59AM
Sure, knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @05:21PM (1 child)
With your attitude of superiority you'd better put that big brain to work on self-therapy (or realize you need help, but I don't think you're THAT smart :P) before your wife figures out she can find a nicer person to spend her life with.
As another comment mentioned there is a difference between intelligence and wisdom. This site is full of intelligent people with lots of knowledge, but such abysmal wisdom that they say the stupidest shit. Things that seem obvious to themselves are also obviously ridiculous to others who have a broader viewpoint. Some things that seem logically obvious turn out to be flawed as more detailed information becomes available. Even some ideas that remain true are actually worse options but the person is lacking the education/knowledge to realize there are better alternatives. Lacking wisdom human beings easily fall prey to propaganda and they don't even realize their beliefs are actually unproven or faulty assumptions.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @08:06PM
You don't have to get so mad, you can just google the answer. No need to be mad you don't know something. Also, what is "not nice" about the comment? It is true that the stupid degree, which did open a lot of door for her, didn't really mean she was smarter than someone without a degree, such as myself. And she was the smartest girl I knew, hence why I married her. In the end she defers to me on almost every decision, so I doubt she will go and find someone else unless I approve of him. And also a shocker, she doesn't like "nice boys", because if she wants nice company she has her female friends, and nice boys are useless for almost everything outside of listening to her problems. She may not always like that I tell her to cut out the cake and hit the gym, but she knows I'm right.
PS: Sorry to hurt your feelings. Keep being nice to girls, maybe one day it will work out for you!