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The End of Hypergamy: Global Trends and Implications
- ggm 5y agoTricky times negotiating legislative and social change across this but personally I think the future looks bright. I've said in other discussions that it's been true for some time in surprising economies: Iran and I think Indonesia, and Vietnam all have huge cohorts of highly skilled women in STEM. Arguably, the glass ceiling is dead on simple economic and demographic lines. But, politically, the reactionary trend in US religious and political circles is going to bring this into sharp focus: if most highly skilled workers are now women, US HMO cannot possibly sustain models which ignore women's reproductive health or model it as an adjunct/partner issue (I assume there are still exclusions relating to pregnancy & abortion). Nor can employment legislation. Gender pay disparity might vanish of itself i skilled work if you take a long view but lower down the food chain in non skilled labour things might be very tense. (I'm talking 25+ year view here) Interesting this is an NIH publication.