Co-Worker: It's easier to be killed by a terrorist than it is to find a husband over the age of 40.
Annie: That statistic is not true!
Becky: That's right, it's not true. But it feels true.
Well, if
Sleepless in Seattle said it, then we must believe it. And God help a girl if she's educated. She might have an MBA, but what about her MRS? Rest easy, bluestockings... there might be hope, yet.
...for women born since 1960, there has been a revolutionary reversal of the historic pattern. As late as the 1980s, according to economist Elaina Rose, women with PhDs or the equivalent were less likely to marry than women with a high school degree. But the "marital penalty" for highly educated women has declined steadily since then, and by 2000 it had disappeared. Today, women with a college degree or higher are more likely to marry than women with less education and lower earnings potential.
The same is true for having children.
Check out the article in the Washington Post.
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