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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, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @12:08AM (9 children)
Such as?
To the extent this is really happening, yes, this needs to stop.
Drop the persecution complex. It is not a flattering pose on you. In my experience, those guys that get treated like creeps get treated that way for very specific reasons. It isn't usually just "for trying to open a conversation".
(Score: 2) by Scrutinizer on Thursday August 31 2017, @09:45AM (4 children)
Ask Tom Ball [freekeene.com]. (He didn't seem to get as much publicity [boston.com] as that one foreign monk [wikipedia.org].)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @04:51PM (3 children)
Seriously? Did you even bother to read that link? The guy smacked his daughter so hard that she got a busted lip, and that is by his own admission. That. Is. Not. Normal. Parental. Discipline. Full stop. Much of the rest of his problems appear to be largely caused by him having a bug up his butt about Family Services telling, no, you can't physically abuse your kids. And I picked that up from what little I read of his maundering, self-congratulatory "last statement".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @09:55PM (2 children)
Like it or not, physical punishment (including spanking, pinching, and yes, slapping) is widely used in the USA. As such, it is - by definition - normal. The abnormality is government agents butting in at gunpoint, rather than the normal societal remedies for physical punishments that others judge to go too far.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 01 2017, @12:04AM (1 child)
Hard enough to leave a little girl bruised and bleeding? I don't think so.
He was referred to Family Services for counseling, which he refused to go to. (He seemed to feel that the case worker "had it in for him".) Call me weird but I don't think referral for counseling is "going too far".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 01 2017, @12:31AM
You think wrong, then. It's not something people like to see, but as one example, I sat on a grand jury regarding the prosecution of a parent who deeply bruised a little girl's legs and/or rump. None of us liked the circumstances, but all told, the harm done by an apparent one-off physical punishment by a parent would be grossly overshadowed by a criminal prosecution.
We no-billed the parent.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @03:06PM (1 child)
You are an ignorant asshat. If you even ask these questions, it shows how clueless you are on the entire system. The whole marriage is a trap that can easily be compared to a woman who decides she regrets having sex with a guy a month after and reports him for rape. That is basically how divorce works, and I wish I was exaggerating.
Best thing we can do for men, outside of MIGTOW, is to actually teach them psychology so they can easily identify the warning signs before getting in bed with crazy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @04:56PM
Oh, yes, please do enlighten us benighted souls in the peanut gallery.
Yes, indeed. That may be your problem, right there. Best to steer well clear of crazy; especially, don't get into bed with it. Any more clues I can help you with?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @05:49PM (1 child)
I can only presume you are a woman and therefore have no idea what you're talking about. It is similar to the cultural change we've developed we don't let children outside because there is danger everywhere!!!1!!1 There is always a presumption of guilt that follows men around, and *shockingly* it is highly correlated with attractiveness / charisma. Gone are the days of simple rejection, FUD now operates in nearly every daily aspect of our lives and not just dating.
Before you start presuming too much about myself I would like to say I'm relatively lucky on the handsome scale and haven't experienced much of the discrimination I'm talking about. Regardless if someone is creepy or not good manners should still apply. No need to be nasty unless the person won't take no for an answer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @10:51PM
You presume wrong; I'm a guy.
The part you seem to have not glommed onto yet is that manners should be a two-way street. Yes, rejection sucks. I know. I've experienced it myself. It can hurt. A lot. But how you handle rejection will tell her an awful lot about how "creepy" you are. Frankly, those who act like creeps ruin the party for every one else, no matter which side of the gender divide they are on.
And you still need to drop your persecution complex. Just sayin'.