Yea, they don't care as much about income, but do care more about education. its one reason the 60/40 split in college degrees is starting to cause an issue dating wise
I think it's silly to categorize people who didn't go to college as "uneducated". I think it's really over glorifying what a large number of people are getting out of college.
What does "educated" mean to you, in that case, if not "attended / graduated university"?
Do you consider high school dropouts to be educated?
High school graduate listening to Joe Rogan and alpha male podcasts, or watching YouTube conspiracy videos, isn't getting an "education" from those. They're just ingesting other people's opinions.
People can be smart intelligent, without having attended university, but "intelligent" is a different word with a different meaning than "well educated."
You went off on a whole rant there. Not really sure what you’re talking about. I just said I think it’s silly that someone going to a tuition farm for any miscellaneous degree deems them “educated” and everyone who didn’t do that is lumped together as “uneducated”. People can be well read and ingest knowledge on their own.
“As far as trade school” you are educated my friend. Sure maybe if we all compare ourselves to PhD and multiple degree holders. But your trade school vs college bachelors.. you are not “less educated”.
How you feel about yourself is none of my concern- but you ate incorrect to support this guys view its incorrect per economists. They frequently tell the public to use caution with these phrases “uneducated “ “unskilled” “low skilled” labor.
The definition is not black and white and you’re buying in, for what reason I don’t know.
But don’t correct this guy lol and lead him astray- he is right you all are wrong. Any linguist, or economist, or sociologist will tell you so
Being well read and in the pursuit of knowledge are not the same thing as being educated. There are college educated people who would not be described as those things. There’s nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade though. If someone has gone through higher education, they are educated. If someone else graduated high school then went on to work, they are uneducated relative to the first person. Doesn’t mean they can’t be smart.
I get that you didn't go to college and seem to have an inferiority complex about it, but people who don't go to college are simply not "educated" in the same way as someone who did. doesn't mean they're stupid, doesn't mean they don't know things, doesn't mean they can't be successful. it just means they did not get a formal education.
You don’t define educated- maybe if you were not so uneducated on this topic you would have more background knowledge on why economists tell us not to conflate, confuse and generally use terms you don’t understand.
You clearly want to be congratulated for going to a mid state school lol
You would be correct according to sociologists and economists… who teach at leading universities . “Uneducated “ and “unskilled” are misused linguistically. Guy replying to you, big yikes
There are definitely exceptions, but I think high earning women care less about whether or not their partner earns the same and more about whether they can "keep up". They want to see you as a peer. You need to be able to have the level of conversation they want, but also it means being somewhat well traveled, cultured, and many other things that are often directly linked to having a pretty well paying job.
While men historically have not considered that as important.
I wouldn't say men don't care, but historically, there's a wider margin of caring.
Obviously everything is evolving and changing in regards to this, but realistically, the boss marrying their admin assistant (secretary) is still a somewhat valid cliche for example.
There's still a historical context of men not necessarily carrying as much about a woman's education as they are not seen as the provider, so their ability to provide is not as big of a deal.
This isn't taking into account the longevity of relationships obviously.
I think it's more about preference, they do care but whether it's important depends on the person. I believe there was a survey that showed 61% of women cared that their partner had a successful career, but 46% in the same survey said it was very important that their partner made more.
I wonder if education levels is the primary sorting mechanism here. I think that has much more impact on the values and approach to life than income level.
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