Are educated women 'marrying down'?

How degrading. There are good people who would make wonderful mates who don't go to college and horrible people who have degrees.

I think that many single educated women are marrying down because their biological clock is running out and they want a family. She is often a corporate high-level executive, and all of the male executives she works with are married. So, she may choose to marry a subordinate or a younger man who is more open-minded about being Mr. Mom.

Educated women are marrying who they want to marry.

Mhmm- there's not uch to say.

Then again, most of us don’t deserve the women we marry, so from that standpoint, they’re ALL marrying down.
Pr 18:22 He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.

of course i had no choice....not too many can beat an IQ of 175.
(although....i haven't retaken an IQ test since high school so a few brain cells may have died since then.)

I think a woman should marry for love.............if her partner does not have a degree, does that make him any less lovable? There are many people walking around today who did not have the chance to go to college...........do you have to have a degree to be considered worthy of love?

They do it all the time. They go for the passion.

Im a big fan of Opposites attract gives your Marriage Spice unbalance is a good thing,full of suprises agree to disagree, at the end of the day baby the she's the boss educated or just merely living life

I did and it ended in disaster. In order for a marriage to work you must be close in intelligence.

Just about all women merry down.

Who cares? Men have been doing this forever.

education doesn't necessarily mean intelligence.

Maybe it's time for men to get some affirmative action preferrences. We need a National Organizaton of Men.

It looks that way. Of course, if you're a gorgeous 19-year-old doll with a high school diploma you can probably marry above your station.

Or, if she is a young and beautiful high class call girl, high-school drop-out who catches one of her clients, a successful, wealthy professional.

Interesting question. Is a woman with a master's degree, making $ 75K / yr, marrying down when she married a guy with a high school education, who is a successful contractor, making $ 200K / yr ? Also, doubtless much of the increase in female incomes come via the burgeoning public sector, the growth area in recent decades, which is unsustainable, and due for downsizing. Or in ' The Law ', which produces absolutely nothing productive, at incredible financial cost.

The business about females choosing guys to be male ' wives ', i.e. ' supportive ' stay-at-home husbands also seems questionable. The Germans were very much into this 25 years ago, but found that it almost never worked, long-term.

Folks continually confuse being matriculated with being educated, two very different things. The multiple-matriculated generally consider that [ falsely ] to be proof of superior intellect. In addition, ' education ', especially post-high school, is extremely political, with conservative white males being viewed as enemies , to be suppressed.

Virtually anyone can get a degree in the ' soft ' subjects, as long as they are willing to tell the profs what they want to hear. Being female, as well as ' of color ' also is helpful. The libs in academia love to play God, steering the outcomes to a ' proper ' conclusion, by their lights, from who gets in , to who graduates, to who goes on to grad school. It becomes a self-perpetuating process.

I think most people would agree that the context of 'marrying down' generally revolves around money, and not education, since education is not a tangible asset, unlike money. In which case the contractor would be the one who married down.

I don't think that educated women are marrying down as much as we are led to believe. Considering that census reports show that in about 75% of marriages, men earn more than their wives, I think one could conclude that while educated women might be marrying less educated men, these women are still marrying up, financially. The number of wives being the breadwinner is on the rise, but stats on that are sketchy and should not be taken at face value. When two spouses work and the main breadwinner (male) loses his job, the female spouse immediately becomes breadwinner by default. Sadly, census stats do not show that kind of information. I belive that is the case though as to why female breadwinners are on the rise. How many wedding have you attended in which the bride was earning more than the groom? Not many I'd wager.

This is like saying just because you did not go to college you are not as smart. I know many men who are very smart and do the SO CALLED lower jobs. Maybe the guy may be smart but all of the jobs that are fancy do not interest them. This is just another judgment on the less educated. not having education beyond high school makes you less.

I did road tests at the local DMV for years, and schmoozed with everybody, mainly to get the applicants calmed down that I may access their abilities as accurately as possible. Dealing with the complete spectrum of society from the professionals to blue-collar types, I usually found the mechanics to be the most intelligent of the bunch.

I think so, either its that we are Marrying down or we fall in love with fools!
I have 2 sisters, we are educated with degrees and our spouses are not. They do what they enjoy for living, but then again college is not for everybody !

Ah, but do your husbands currently earn more than you and your sisters? Also, on the day of your wedding and your sisters weddings, who was earning more, the bride or groom?

Marrying up or down is usually referring about money. Money is tangible. Education is not. I have found that college educated women have no problem marrying less educated men, so long as those men were earning more income. A woman with a 4 year degree will be more forgiving of a man with only a high school education if he is earning a large income.

Marrying "down"? I don't think so. While the men might not be as educated as the women, I don't think they are any less intelligent. It is just much easier for women to obtain the funding for higher education than it is for men - especially if they are white men. And quite frankly, some of the most brain-dead people I know have Masters and PdDs.

Only if marriage is a business contract rather than a declaration of love.

Good one.:-)

Thanks.

Not because of education alone but because men are having a hard time growing up. So many men don't want to grow up and take on responsibility.

From what I understand, most live at home with parents until 20's-40+. Unheard of when I was growing up.

That is what Bill Bennett is saying in his article Why men are in trouble.

Call it what you will.

I don't think marrying someone who hasn't gotten a degree as high as you is marrying down, a lot of women tend to naturally strive when it comes to education these days. In my graduating class, which was the most challenging course in the school, there was a choice of regular highschool or a more challenging highschool course (With better access to universities all around the world) and I had chosen to take the more challenging root, and in the class 80% were female and only a few guys entered. It seems on average men are less ambitious when it comes to education compared to the women, yet men are very ambitious in other fields.

I personally think it's good that women are getting educated and getting careers and being able to support themselves. And you can think of it this way too, at least men don't have to feel like they are "marrying down" now. Although many men (And a few women) have that superiority complex where they feel too intimidated around women who are more successful then them.

SURE if they want to wear the pants....or rule the roost.

Otherwise what do you need to live with man for?

Education's only one component of the package. I'm very well educated, but I'm also short; balding; and awkward in social settings.

Join the club.

Same...except for the "very well educated" part, but getting there

You'll get there, I'm sure :)

I doubt it...end of 2011 not such a good year for PC gamers who plan on going to university. Skyrim is coming out in a few days. End of my social life + education...but who cares? I will be fighting freakin dragons!!!

I should have checked the other answer.I think if you marry someone that loves you and is faithful to you,then your not marrying down.

You got that right.:-)