And yet, we are told that so many college educated career women, are unattached due to a “shortage” of men in their education/career/income categories.
We are told that women want to “marry up”, and be with a man who is older/more successful/makes more money than she does.
But the reverse doesn’t seem to be true. Does anyone ever say anything, if a college educated career man, marries a woman who works in a file clerk position, or is in a random hired help type job in an office or in a retail store?
While these are broad stereotypes, it seems that men have more choices. Men can marry someone who is their equal in education/career, etc. or they can marry down; marry someone with only a high school education or a clerical type job. But these college educated career women would never think of marrying a man who worked as hired help in an office in a “gopher” type of job, or hired help in construction/manual labor.
They are starting to.
My son is a trucker and soon to be police officer is involved with and will probable marry a gal who will have at least one masters and who makes at least 60K more than he does working a high level back room job.
He brings other things to the mix, his investments etc. But she is interested in him even though he is never going to play in her league in the employment area. She is wonderful and he is lucky to have her in his life. And she is lucky to have him, he loves her and will protect her forever.
And if need be, he will stay home with the four children they hope to have.
Cinderella, said to be about love, is in fact about a poor woman being sought after by the richest man in the land.
Men marrying up is rare.