Legitimising hypergamy?

aetheralloy · 2011-01-10T02:57:41+00:00

Not legitimising, rationalizing.

On the plus side, at least she's open about being a gold digger.

About time we stopped with this whole "men who truly love..." marriage scam anyway, right?

ExpendableOne · 2011-01-10T03:43:37+00:00

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Fatalistic · 2011-01-10T04:01:26+00:00

Hypergamy would be legitimate in a world that is actually equality of opportunity, has fair divorce laws and doesn't have things affirmative action, entitlement programs, quotas.

It's not legitimate with the Orwellian doublespeak "equality" feminism pushes right now.

XFDRaven · 2011-01-10T05:34:19+00:00

I clicked, thinking it was the DailyFail.

I'm really disappointed.

InfinitelyThirsting · 2011-01-10T15:50:02+00:00

Again, the stat cited is about women who married men with higher levels of education than themselves, not women who married men who were significantly wealthier, or had a higher income, or whatever. A higher education does NOT equal rich.

My boyfriend, for example, has his master's right now, and just started med school to become a doctor. I'm going to get my master's in playwrighting eventually, but for now still have a BA. So, if we stay together and end up getting married, he'll be at least one, possibly two, levels of degree higher than I am. But while he's going to be a doctor, he wants to be a Doctors-Without-Borders-style doctor, and travel around the world to poor areas giving much-needed medical treatment. He's certainly not going to be some richyrich doctor.

I know a lot of theatre people with master's and doctoral degrees in various aspects of theatre, but they're certainly not making bank, but still contribute to the highly-educated population. Same with a lot of master's and doctoral degrees--it's all about what field you're in and what job you actually have, not about what degree you have. My best friend is going to get her doctorate in a few years, and will be done her master's soon--but she's just going to be a high school math teacher. Not exactly big money, there.

Il128 · 2011-01-10T14:13:35+00:00

There is nothing to "legitimize" when it is a simple fact of life. I'd compare to a story entitled "Legitimizing Death?"

Marriage is about the enslavement of men and the happiness of women.

Title	Legitimising hypergamy?
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Date	January 10, 2011 2:11 AM UTC (15 years ago)
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