Do you think that some women attend college in part because it's a way to meet and pair up with men from their same socio-economic background and ones who are on track for success?
Do you think that some women attend college in part because it's a way to meet and pair up with men from their same socio-economic background and ones who are on track for success?
Less and less true every year.
In 2012, IHS Global Insight reported, "For men, the average age at first marriage is 28.7, while the average woman is getting married for the first time at age 26.5. In 2007, the average age at first marriage was 27.5 years for men and 25.6 years for women, according to the report."
Yes, they do.
Yes, but men go to college for the same reason. This is one reason both genders go to college, in addition to desiring to learn, make a certain income, play a sport, etc.
Well yeah kind of, but maybe not.
I agree with less and less. But, there are now more women in college than men, women are working harder and are making more money than before. Do they want to be with a guy who makes less than them? They sure aren't out beating the bushes looking for guys who want to sit around playing video games in their mom's basement.
Ole Timer wrote:
I agree with less and less. But, there are now more women in college than men, women are working harder and are making more money than before. Do they want to be with a guy who makes less than them? They sure aren't out beating the bushes looking for guys who want to sit around playing video games in their mom's basement.
Or refuse to clean up their room that they're renting from
some old bag.
Male get M.R. degrees: Mental Retard
I'm a female grad of Harvard Law School, and honestly when I graduated, there were several women in my class who were there to meet men who were going to be making a lot of money after graduation. It really shocked and saddened me (in part because I couldn't ever see myself attending school for that reason). But it was the truth.
I did graduate about 15 years ago, so perhaps things have changed. I really hope they have.
Fact at BYU, fiction everywhere else.
Disagree.
And so what? Why *wouldn't* someone want to meet another of the same socio-economic/interest background?
"Less and less." Maybe. More like: Delayed. Alumni notes are FULL of A marrying B some years after graduation.
Also (google it yerself): The 1960s (then-)liberal idea of MERITOCRACY has led to WIDENING income disparity.
Short course: You used to marry the neighbor down the street, whether that neighbor was ivy material or not (think GIs returning from WWII); NOW you marry that hot classmate in Pre-Med 201... (or Bunkah Hill Community College or whatever). The Type A high achievers and... everyone else is relegated more and more to their respective cohorts, with implications for income, achievement and even, some say, IQ.
So, while folks went all smarmy on Princeton Tiger Mom Susn Patton (author or "Marry Smart"), that is EXACTLY what college folk do! (Well, if'n your, uh, you know, SMART!).
Now the odds are against a woman finding a suitable mate in college, since most students are majority female at most universities.
Furthermore, people marry later on life, so you'll probably not stay with the person you met in college.
That said, similar to what the Harvard law grad noted -- a good number of Ivy League female MBAs end of dropping out of the workforce altogether sometime after graduation, more so than female graduates of midtier programs. Why? They meet their spouses in their programs and then decide to take the mommy track instead.
I used to listen to a lot of "Mister Mister" in college. Still do, actually.
darkwave wrote:
I'm a female grad of Harvard Law School, and honestly when I graduated, there were several women in my class who were there to meet men who were going to be making a lot of money after graduation. It really shocked and saddened me (in part because I couldn't ever see myself attending school for that reason). But it was the truth.
I did graduate about 15 years ago, so perhaps things have changed. I really hope they have.
Haha, I'm sure.
seattleftw wrote:
Fact at BYU, fiction everywhere else.
As a female who attends BYU, I have noticed this to be a very (VERY) common occurrence at BYU. It is completely and sadly true. That being said, my friends at other large DI schools (not all athletes) have noticed that this occurs too, just not to the extent it happens at BYU.
PS BYU's MRS is "Family Life."
College is now a place for women to meet women.