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12888427, Women still make less (overall) and it wold seem white couples differ
Posted by Atillah Moor, Thu Aug-27-15 12:51 PM
in that a degree holding white woman will marry and have kids with a successful plumber, hvac tech, etc. Culturally speaking-- white women do "seem" to be more likely to see the whole board. Meaning-- a guy may not be as educated, but his earning potential may be higher in addition to his ability to be a (relatively) stable provider.

This may also be common among "black" couples, but I couldn't really speak to that from observation.

So in a sense at least for the dominant culture there is a type of balance. Or at least the balance still being in favor of men marrying women of higher education. What counters this IMO is the increasing divorce rate, but not so much educated white women shunning less educated white men.