It’s amazing that we live in a day and age where women are actually outpacing men in striving after education, and graduating from college. For so long we men have had the upper hand and taken it for granted, but now women are proving themselves to be just as intelligent and even more grateful for the educational opportunities than we are. This article discusses how men are slowing down in graduation rates and women are quickly catching up, and exceeding expectations by far. The truth is, women have fought hard for equal opportunity over the last century, and the dividends are paying off, and respect is being earned.
I know plenty of women who are frankly better than I am and more disciplined in terms of their career in learning. Wives are more commonly the ones with a college degree instead of their husbands, according to the Pew Institutes survey of education levels among married couples. The article attributed much of this to the fact that the survey focused exclusively on married couples, and most young newlyweds are in college, and so the younger generation is representing the drastic increase compared to 50 years ago. Our generation offers a lot more opportunity to women for education and this is paying off in the labor market. We could see this trend start to leak into the world of academia more and more, as more women in the younger generations pursue higher level learning, and make education a career.
The article doesn’t go past the statistics on primary breadwinners in the family, but I’ve been impressed with our society’s casting off social stigma and “traditional” gender roles that say that men have to work, and women have to stay at home with the kids. As far as I’m concerned, a male is just as much of a “man” if they are a good, loving father who is there for their children.
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