Blogger William Weston opines on a new book arguing that “smart men marry smart women”
“For years I have been telling students that smart men marry smart women. I mean that in a double sense. On the one hand, men who are smart and well educated tend to marry women who are smart and well educated. On the other, if a man is smart, he will look past physical appearance, which fades, to brains – because brains endure. Men who figure this out early get first pick of the smartest women.”
“Today I just want to share one finding from a Harris Interactive poll that Whelan commissioned for the book. In answer to the question, do you want (or have) a spouse who is less capable of earning a good income than you, as capable of earning a good income as you, or more capable of earning a good income than you?“About 61% of the women say “as capable of earning a good income as me”;
“Among the men, there is a bell curve, with a quarter saying “more,” a quarter saying “less,” and half in the middle.
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