The New York Times is happy to report that, even though most women in the country are now single, educated women are doing better than our less fortunate, or focused, or just plain academic counterparts.
College educated women do marry, but just two years later than everyone else. Men, no longer seem inclined to "marry down," as in the past. And for their part, no education gap exists in singles, they all fear commitment and divorce.
And why do women marry later now? "While marriage used to be something you did before launching a life or career, now it is seen as something you do after you’re financially stable — when you can buy a house, say. The same is true for all classes. But the less educated may not get there."
In the end, they claim, it all comes down to money, "What’s becoming more powerful is the idea that economic resources are conducive to stable marriages. Women who have more money or the potential for more money are married to men who have more stable income.” So very strange.
Posted by bluprnt at January 23, 2007 11:51 AM