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Do Degreed women have a harder time finding a Husband?

Do Degreed women have a harder time finding a Husband?

  • Yes

    Votes: 9 27.3%
  • No

    Votes: 24 72.7%

  • Total voters
    33
both redress and I have posted links to research showing that in the last few decades, higher education is not linked to lower rates of marriage. in fact, some research suggests there is a slight positive correlation.

the research I quoted refers to people being married by age 40, which would not preclude people marrying later than the norm in previous generations. IN my generation, an "elderly prima patura" was 30 - now it is not unusual at all for a woman to have her first child in her thirties.

there are distinct advantages to marrying later and starting a family when financially secure, and although research shows more 18 - 34 yo women regard a successful marriage as important than do 18 - 34 yo men Love and Marriage | Pew Social & Demographic Trends they still seem to value education.

Well if there is a market for available good men when a woman with a career is already 40 then of course the situation changes. The ones I mentioned are single, but they are in their mid 30's.
 
No... I know my girl is smarter than me and she's about to go for her masters and beyond while I am the lowly bachelors in political science & history. I prefer a women who is smart or smarter than me at least. A degree should be something promoted for everyone, not condemned because some men think women should still be sub servant.
 
Perhaps they want to get their career going before they have to be out of commission for awhile to pop out some chillins. :)

I have met beautiful women who are too darn old due to their priorities of careers first. Whats worse they are sometimes older than me and they approach me :) . Sometimes I get cruel and mention their age, sometimes I just ignore them overall (I do not have the attraction for older women, but to the opposite).

There are songs in Albanian that state "You did not want me, you did not want to hang around with people like me (i.e., uneducated), but now you are alone!"
 
There's always their degree of ugliness to consider, some personalities aren't fit for the "husband-hunting" process.

The title begs the question that all women seek husbands, and that educated women are somehow less able to trap one than their stupid sisters.
 
I have met beautiful women who are too darn old due to their priorities of careers first. Whats worse they are sometimes older than me and they approach me :) . Sometimes I get cruel and mention their age, sometimes I just ignore them overall (I do not have the attraction for older women, but to the opposite).

There are songs in Albanian that state "You did not want me, you did not want to hang around with people like me (i.e., uneducated), but now you are alone!"

Money will buy her what she wants...
 
Just to note for all, a key point in that Forbes article.



If a host of studies are to be believed, marrying these women is asking for trouble. If they quit their jobs and stay home with the kids, they will be unhappy (Journal of Marriage and Family, 2003). They will be unhappy if they make more money than you do (Social Forces, 2006). You will be unhappy if they make more money than you do (Journal of Marriage and Family, 2001). You will be more likely to fall ill (American Journal of Sociology). Even your house will be dirtier (Institute for Social Research).

Wow - excellent point! I also came across an article while trying to do research on this subject which said "Why you shouldn't get married straight out of college" - and then that article cited another article that discussed "Why college might be the ideal place to find the perfect partner for you"

LOL
 
Depends on the guy I guess. I wouldn't want to date a woman that does not have a degree.

I want a woman who is like me on many accounts, and "highly educated" is one of them. As someone with multiple undergrads and an MBA, I think I would have little in common with a chick who eeked through high school and went, "whew, glad that's all over".

Also, since I want a career-oriented woman (as I'm not interested in having children), a woman who wants to begin her career of being a personal cook, maid, and babymaker at the age of 18 is not my type in the least.
 
Well if there is a market for available good men when a woman with a career is already 40 then of course the situation changes. The ones I mentioned are single, but they are in their mid 30's.

do they want to marry?

there are people who have no intention of marrying. and maybe for good reason if you are a woman.

I haven't seen recent studies, but research in the nineties suggested that marriage had negative impacts on women's mental health, while improving men's mental health.
 
do they want to marry?

there are people who have no intention of marrying. and maybe for good reason if you are a woman.

I haven't seen recent studies, but research in the nineties suggested that marriage had negative impacts on women's mental health, while improving men's mental health.

I question the bias of those studies. Since half of all marriages end in divorce, and 95% of all women benefit financially from divorce, it stands to reason that marriage would have positive aspects on women and negative aspects on men.

I know I get giddy at the idea that a woman can take half my crap away for little to no reason.
 
I question the bias of those studies. Since half of all marriages end in divorce, and 95% of all women benefit financially from divorce, it stands to reason that marriage would have positive aspects on women and negative aspects on men.

I know I get giddy at the idea that a woman can take half my crap away for little to no reason.

Your wrong in divorce you take half her stuff.
 
Depends on the guy I guess. I wouldn't want to date a woman that does not have a degree.

I want a woman who is like me on many accounts, and "highly educated" is one of them. As someone with multiple undergrads and an MBA, I think I would have little in common with a chick who eeked through high school and went, "whew, glad that's all over".

Also, since I want a career-oriented woman (as I'm not interested in having children), a woman who wants to begin her career of being a personal cook, maid, and babymaker at the age of 18 is not my type in the least.

I find if you earn more than your partner..you somehow emasculate them..
 
I find if you earn more than your partner..you somehow emasculate them..

Maybe if you're a bitch of a man. I'd love it if I had a wife that made more than me.

I'll marry Oprah. I can be all emasculated on my new private jet and throw myself a pity party as I travel around the world on her dime. Pity party for me.
 
Maybe if you're a bitch of a man. I'd love it if I had a wife that made more than me.

I'll marry Oprah. I can be all emasculated on my new private jet and throw myself a pity party as I travel around the world on her dime. Pity party for me.

Is she still with Steadman??

She is a racist...
 
I don't think she is, and yes she probably is. I can be her white trophy. It'll cost her though.

Would you??

Really??
 
You do know how much she's worth, right?

Money isn't everything..you got to keep up the pretense...

Even if she disgusts you..
 
I would feel really odd if I made more money than my husband.
 
I just honestly feel it is easier for a man to climb the corporate ladder compared to a female, therefore leaving working women in a position of having to work more for recognition, this takes away a social aspect of their life, especially in higher end professions.
 
Because I hold a more traditional view of marriage. I wouldn't want my husband feeling as though he wasn't a leader in the family.

Why does whoever make the most money be the leader if you need a leader? You could just be equal, it solves your entire conundrum.
 
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