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I'd be interested to see a historical comparison. Supposedly the (male)doctor-marries-(female)nurse pattern of several decades ago--or the executive/secretary o

• Rebelgecko 5y ago
  I think the # of female doctors has grown much more quickly than the # of male nurses (IIRC most medical students are women now). It would be interesting to compare stats by gender- does a male software engineer marry differently than a female one?
  • sgerenser 5y ago
    Yep, I can say with almost 100% certainty there’s a big difference between male and female dating preferences even within the same occupation. For all the talk of feminism and empowerment, women in high status fields like law and medicine are Much less likely to “marry down” to a man in a lower status field than the other way around.
    • tharkun__ 5y ago
      That's one way to see it. You could also say that men are much less likely to want to marry up (and not be 'the breadwinner' / 'provider).
• thrower123 5y ago
  If you look at some of the trades and more artisinal professions (plumber, electrician, hvac, welding, jeweler for some examples), the top matches are often things like "non-medical secretary", book-keeping and accounting, office managers, retail supervisors, etc. That suggests to me that there's still a lot of cases where they've got their spouse running the office or the business end of a small business. That was almost a stereotypical arrangement for couples of my parents' generation.