[longtermmemmory]

It depends on whether the man wants a family as to the value of a woman's career. What is the point if it only damages the children.

A wife with a career is not a dowery. Dowery were assets given to the husband.

[Snerfling]

Dowery were assets given to the husband

Would you rather be given $1m up front or have a wife who can earn $100k/yr for 30yrs? There's quite a lot of women graduating from top colleges that are available to equally educated men.