[Pro-Bush]

Having a college degree has been more essential for a woman to support herself than it has been for a man to make a well-renumerated living.

What a load of crap. Your bias towards men comes out loud and clear. I can't believe you made that statement.

[LWalk18]

Having a college degree has been more essential for a woman to support herself than it has been for a man to make a well-renumerated living. What a load of crap. Your bias towards men comes out loud and clear. I can't believe you made that statement.

What I think she meant was that most traditional female or "pink collar" jobs, such as teaching, nursing, and social work, tend to require a college degree, as opposed to traditionally male construction or other trades. The traditional job options for a young man without a college degree were higher than those of a young woman. Of course, this is less and less true today, but I don't understand why her comment was considered offensive.

[happygrl]

There were for years many renumerative jobs that were held by men which did not require a college education, i.e. jobs in manufacturing, policeman, fireman, and so forth.

These paid far better than "woman's work", such as clerical, hair stylist, waitress.

What is really telling is the response of men here, the hostility, and the accusation that I am anti-male just for pointing out some of the conditions under which woman operated.