More Men are Marrying Wealthier Women

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Equal Opportunity Bannings GC MODS!!

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by epchick

Na it wasn't. We've had this discussion in chat so I know that you don't really care about it. Others, on the other hand, obviously do care.....TOO much!

Mmkay...will be in chat soon.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by epchick

Really what the eff people. Why is he banned AGAIN when he didn't do shit? That is pretty effing ridiculous. Some of you people really need to put your adult undies on and learn to deal with e-people who you don't agree with. Get over it. You might not like him, but not everyone likes you either.

THANK YOU. DS is right. People here say things that attack other users religions, races, and SES (which would get you fired or suspended IRL) yet they're still here. If they do get banned, they create 20 sockpuppets and each is just as vile as the last. Why is the user who comes back, apologizes for being offensive, and actually cleans it up the one who can't make one post without everyone getting their panties in a knot?

[epchick]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

THANK YOU. DS is right. People here say things that attack other users religions, races, and SES (which would get you fired or suspended IRL) yet they're still here. If they do get banned, they create 20 sockpuppets and each is just as vile as the last. Why is the user who comes back, apologizes for being offensive, and actually cleans it up the one who can't make one post without everyone getting their panties in a knot?

Right, exactly!!

People will say "oh well people are entitled to their opinion, even if we don't agree" well so was Xanthus. Dude APOLOGIZED, what more do you want??

You don't like the fool, you can put him on ignore, but banning him is just stupid and REPORTING him for nothing is even stupider!

[DaemonSeid]

LOLing at GCers wanting the lesser of 2 @ssholes.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

LOLing at GCers wanting the lesser of 2 @ssholes.

Me too.

Xanthus is on 3rd base now. I wonder if he'll slide for home plate..lol

[epchick]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

LOLing at GCers wanting the lesser of 2 @ssholes.

At least 1 of them apologized for being an a-hole

[DrPhil]

Xanthus shouldn't have apologized. If you're offended by Xanthus' (or madmax's) obvious attempts at offending you, PUT HIM ON IGNORE. It is something different if people are stalking you via PM, outside of the Internet, or around the Internet. Then again, there are highly regarded and unbanned GCers who have done that to some extent.

The above statements are directed at the Greekchat idiots. If you feel that applies to you, womp womp.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Xanthus shouldn't have apologized. If you're offended by Xanthus' (or madmax's) obvious attempts at offending you, PUT HIM ON IGNORE. It is something different if people are stalking you via PM, outside of the Internet, or around the Internet. Then again, there are highly regarded and unbanned GCers who have done that to some extent.

Quoting because she's right and this deserves to be read twice.

[agzg]

In order to get the thread back to topic, yesterday's Room for Debate in the NY Times was on this study:

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.c...and-the-truth/

[DrPhil]

Alpha Wives don't have voting power in the frat but I heard they are still quite valuable.

Good old Stephanie Coontz. She's always awesome.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Good old Stephanie Coontz. She's always awesome.

She did say something I found interesting. Women are leading in college degrees, yet men are making more. Well, I wonder what majors are they choosing? I know more men who majored in business, communications, pre-med, political science/law than I do women who majored in those things. The female-dominated majors were stuff like Music, Psychology, English Lit, etc. Those lead to careers that aren't exactly profitable (but do bring lots of satisfaction ). There were not whole lot of women majoring in administration or the natural sciences. I wonder if men making more despite less going to school have something to do with smaller numbers of men in college, but the ones who do choose the "money" majors?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

She did say something I found interesting. Women are leading in college degrees, yet men are making more. Well, I wonder what majors are they choosing? I know more men who majored in business, communications, pre-med, political science/law than I do women who majored in those things. The female-dominated majors were stuff like Music, Psychology, English Lit, etc. Those lead to careers that aren't exactly profitable (but do bring lots of satisfaction ). There were not whole lot of women majoring in administration or the natural sciences. I wonder if men making more despite less going to school have something to do with smaller numbers of men in college, but the ones who do choose the "money" majors?

I hear ya. Across majors and across career fields, men make more than women.

There are gendered effects of the percentage of men and women who go into particular career fields with and without graduate degrees. Also, being a music or social science major can make a whole lot of money depending on what you do with it (i.e. college professor versus department chair versus college administration versus private contractor, etc.). As I always tell college students, your major doesn't determine your career of choice. Men are more likely, in general, to come from many of these majors with the higher placement and earning potential. It's similar to the race effect of the awesome Tim Wise who wouldn't get half as much credibility, respect, and speaking and training engagements if he was a Black man with a PhD in a social science who is seen as speaking that "typical Black people race stuff."

Another gendered effect that has been cited in gender literature for decades is the "mommy effect." Men are significantly less likely to be the caregiver in the family or to have primary/sole custody as a single parent. Therefore, men are considered shoe-ins for career stability, career advancement, and higher wages/salary because they are less likely to have noncareer things "interfere" with their job. They are also more likely to have the time, money, and support system to pursue higher degrees/certificates/training. One way that social scientists find this to be a gender (thus, social rather than biological sex) effect is in how men who ARE the caregiver in the family or are a sole custody single parent are treated (by people, in general) and on the job. ("Dude, you have to go pick up the kids and stuff? Man, that's what a woman is good for...you'll never get in the big office if you keep pretending to be a chick.")

I won't get further on that soapbox today.

[agzg]

Oh I'm glad I posted that. I found all the point-counterpoints to be interesting.

[DaemonSeid]

Ladies, I am so glad that you all are driving the conversation...I honestly would like to see the fellas pick up here.