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Apicchi's avatar

I interviewed a Georgetown expert about the rise in women getting college degrees, outpacing young men, and he had an interesting point: For women to earn the same as men, they NEED a college degree. Basically, white men without a college degree can find jobs in construction or the trades (both of which are predominantly STILL male) and earn a middle-class salary.

Women without a college degree earn bupkis — they work in retail, restaurants, etc. He said for women to just get to the same earnings level as a man without a college degree, they need a college degree. In his view, this is what is fueling the majority enrollment of women in college today — that they understand, without a college degree, they are looking at a lifetime of low wages. Not so for men. Depressing.

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Sara's avatar

I think there’s also a component of how things like ADHD and ADD are diagnosed differently depending on the person’s sex - highly organized and overachieving girls are seen as being good students, not as people overcorrecting for struggles just to meet expectations. I also suspect that’s a component of the late 30s-40s burnout women are experiencing. We’ve been overcompensating for so long just to maintain expectations instead of getting the help we need.

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