>I knew a girl at university who was there to find a husband, and she did! In South Africa there is even a colloquial Afrikaans term for it: BA Man Soek, i.e.

>I knew a girl at university who was there to find a husband, and she did! In South Africa there is even a colloquial Afrikaans term for it: BA Man Soek, i.e. Bachelor of Arts in Finding a Husband. That motivation is not uncommon for some demographics such as students at Brigham Young University where it's openly acknowledged: “The point of Mormon women going to college is to find a spouse, period,” says Kate Kelly, an alumna of the college who graduated in the early 2000s. [...] “BYU is just like a dating factory,” she remembers, “but [for women] that was the entire point.” -- excerpt from : https://qz.com/1778333/the-brigham-young-university-wage-gap-tells-the-story-of-mormon-feminism/ https://qz.com/1778333/the-brigham-young-university-wage-gap...