A recent study from the Pew Research Center found that in the U.S. wives are better educated than their husbands in nearly a third of marriages and make more money than their husbands in 22 percent of marriages, up from 4 percent in 1970. In other words, increasing numbers of men are marrying smarter, wealthier women and increasing numbers of women are marrying dumber, poorer men.
Back when fewer women were in the workforce, marriage enhanced the economic status of women more than that of men. As more women entered the workforce, that situation changed. Now marriage enhances the economic status of men more than that of women.
What a switcheroo. How did men manage that? Perhaps they’re cleverer than they let on.
Great, now we can dump our old husbands and get a trophy husband. I love it when what goes around comes around.