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That's where we have a bit of a double standard of expectations. We expect a girl to go to college ZPRIMARILY to get an MRS. Degree, preferably ABOVE her social
by mabhatter 13y ago
That's where we have a bit of a double standard of expectations. We expect a girl to go to college ZPRIMARILY to get an MRS. Degree, preferably ABOVE her social standing. When guys go to school we expect WORK first, Mrs. Second. You end up with this situation where women should compete with men fairly, all the time... Except when they want to stop competing and get married. Even then, men are competing for FOOD ON THE TABLE, every day, the next 40 years. Women don't have the same "skin in the game" because Daddy pays for school until hubby marries them.
- lutusp 13y ago> ... women should compete with men fairly, all the time... Except when they want to stop competing and get married. There are a number of problems with your post, but this one stands out. When a woman marries a man, the competition doesn't end, it's just starting. Many women don't plan to marry well, they plan to divorce well. Not judging, just saying. Marriage is not the absence of competition, it's competition taken to a new height -- or do I mean depth?
- jiggy2011 13y agoI don't know if that is necessarily true. At least amongst my peer group, men would place a high weight on non academic factors in university choice. As long as the the university offered a course they wanted and had enough prestige to match their perceived social standing and families expectations factors like distance from home, cost of living , party reputation and where their friends were going were the big factors. From my recollection the women tended to be more conscientious about their studies too and often had added pressure from being the first woman in their immediate family to have attended higher education.