The New Marriage of Unequals Women are now more likely to marry a less-educated man than men are to marry a less-educated woman.

https://www.theatlantic.com ^ | March 31, 2025 | Stephanie H. Murray

[Enterprise]

Once upon a time, it was fairly common for highly educated men in the United States to marry less-educated women. But beginning in the mid-20th century, as more women started to attend college, marriages seemed to move in a more egalitarian direction, at least in one respect: A greater number of men and women started partnering up with their educational equals. That trend, however, appears to have stalled and even reversed in recent years. Gaps in educational experience among heterosexual couples are growing again. And this time? It’s women who are “marrying down.”

[Enterprise]

A degree may or may not be of value. Pretty much all of us have worked with people with degrees who were incompetent and had to be held up by people who could actually do the job.

[packrat35]

Maybe so, but nowadays, she is never going to stop believing she is better than him and is more likely to leave him after the debt is paid off.

[T.B. Yoits]

Less educated or less credentialed?

Bingo. Winner of the thread.

[Enterprise]

Many of the degrees being earned don’t even qualify a person to be a barista.

[Seruzawa]

Men are enfaggoted in college. Women are looking for men who aren’t weak-willed betas.

[sit-rep]

its been that way for a while... cant tell you how many times I hear yes dear from men getting scolded from their wifes in the supermarket every time I go!

[Jamestown1630]

It means the same thing to worthless studies like these.

[4Runner]

Women are marrying "down" in terms of educational level of potential spouses, but marrying "up" in terms of male "endowment", which significantly widens (no pun intended) the choice of applicants for the job.

Years ago, money and security mattered to women. But now that they can get those things themselves, or with the government's assistance, the only thing they need a male in the house for, is to physically satisfy them. If you can't do that job, you aren't going to get a wife.

It's down to pure genetics.

[Enterprise]

Megabump!

[CodeToad]

That’s because women still see men as a daddy, a provider who fixes things for them. I never met a woman executive who was anything but.

[T.B. Yoits]

The Atlantic has gotten the message that the declining birthrate is adversely affecting their globalist overlords so the editors at the Atlantic are putting out propaganda pieces to try to get delusional, credentialed women to "lower their standards". Women aren't marrying down - fewer men are marrying them.

Men have been walking away for a decade and a half and all the swarthy Replacement Americans on the planet aren't going to be able to get their work done in their stead.

Good luck CommuFeminists - you made your bed and now you can lie in it...

...alone with your cats and boxed wine.

[Jamestown1630]

These studies are done by academics. They have axes to grind.

[sit-rep]

hey will img links work from anywhere now or are you guys hittin amd missin for random pic posts? once upon a time I had a site that seconded for my image host... not too many places allowed img linking.

[Paladin2]

Today’s college curriculum often don’t impart useful Knowledge and certainly not much Wisdom from the ages.

Thus, she may actually be marrying up.

[gundog]

Duckduckgo images is my usual go-to. Some places don’t work.

[ExSES]

When I got to DC I found a highly credentialed staff, 90% of which were incapable of defending their conclusions on issues. I depended upon the 10%, typically less "Degreed" but well grounded!

[ExSES]

When I got to DC I found a highly credentialed staff, 90% of which were incapable of defending their conclusions on issues. I depended upon the 10%, typically less "Degreed" but well grounded!

[bankwalker]

you nailed it ...

[Enterprise]

Neither of us has a degree. It wouldn’t have mattered.

[Enterprise]

Excellent points!