Women: the Future Breadwinners?

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Women: the Future Breadwinners?

I was talking to a girl earlier today who is in college, planning to graduate in the near future and eventually make a six figure salary. She stated that she would only marry a man who makes the same or more than what she does. Ironically, she's a feminist as well. I feel bad for her, because like the other educated women I know who have these exact same standards, I predict she is going to be lonely for a long time once she finally graduates. And here's why.

Not only are more boys beginning to drop out of high-school and college at larger rates compared to their female peers, more boys are deciding to not even pursue a higher education altogether, unlike decades ago where male students outnumbered the females. Statistics show that there is a gender gap between men and women attending college that is only projected to grow through 2020. School administration cannot figure out why so many boys are not interested in college anymore, to the point that some universities are getting desperate enough to making attempts at attracting more male students to enroll to try and balance the increasing gap. Perhaps they care, or perhaps they just want more enrollment for the money it gets them. Probably the latter.

Women: the Future Breadwinners?

Predictions? Professor of economics and finances, Mark J. Perry, writes in his online blog, Carpe Diem, that since there are hundreds, if not thousands of women's centers on college and university campuses country wide, that perhaps it is time for men to have their own centers as well, to help them with the challenges they face and to help improve the quality of their experiences in college, and I agree with it, as this is true for my local campuses. There's also date-rape seminars that men are expected to attend, even if these freshmen are rape victims themselves. Men do not always feel welcome at college because of this, and here's yet another quote by a different professor:

"I often ask students to write about their experience of overt and covert gender discrimination against males in academic environments, and they routinely describe instances of public humiliation and systemic indifference," writes Dennis Gouws, an English professor at Springfield College, in an e-mail.

It seems like it'd be an easy answer but college administration has no doubt been so focused on improving the female experience since the 1970s, and with schools being largely liberal and following feminist ideologies, they probably have no idea that men also face inequalities. Because after all, why would they? Let's also not forget the female empowerment movement that encourages young girls to pursue what they want. I feel that young boys do not get the same amount of positive attention as their female peers do. Are boys being neglected? My aunt, who is a teacher, certainly says so and she's partly the reason I wanted to write this. She has told us about how she teaches her students about misandry and how gender inequality isn't just a woman's issue and I respect her for that, because it's true.

What does this mean for women? Well, they're going to start noticing a lot more men who are addicted to video games. A lot more men who are lazy. A lot more men who are gold diggers. A lot more men who just don't care. With all the competition for higher paying jobs, that the ladies are winning possession of, many women will find themselves in the position of being the main provider of the household since they're performing much better academically. Statistics also show that women hold more bachelor's degrees compared to men. The picture below projects that 61% of women will have at least an associate's degree by 2018, compared to 39% of men. You'll notice the chart includes college degrees of ALL type, not just associate's:

Women: the Future Breadwinners?

Despite all of this, with more women being in college, with there being a lot more competition for men to get these jobs that were once reserved for them, with feminism abolishing gender roles and the expectations of men being the providers, women still insist that men make more money than they do. These women don't seem to understand that jobs are limited, that the more women who get those jobs means that there's less for the men, and that they very well might not meet men as educated as they are. If college is required for the big bucks, then the data here proves it. This is not necessarily a bad thing, a woman should definitely get to choose and pursue her career, but when women refuse to date a guy who makes just less than $30k a year than what she does is when men assume that his income is directly tied to his worth. That's when they start thinking that women only want money. And that's probably why you see so many guys who think women are gold-diggers.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/01/mens-centers-college-campus/2903261/

https://nscnews.org/the-college-gender-gap/

https://mjperry.blogspot.com/2010/04/update-on-increasing-college-degree-gap.html

Women: the Future Breadwinners?
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