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gaius on June 23, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Poverty reduces brainpower needed for navigating o...

Women typically make less than men. They routinely marry men who are wealthier than them.

Maybe back in the 1950s when a doctor married a nurse and a businessman married his secretary. Nowadays it is far more likely that two doctors will marry, or two business executives.

DoreenMichele on June 23, 2018 [–]

Everything I have read indicates that female doctors still typically make less than male doctors, etc. The gap is smaller, not gone.

chongli on June 23, 2018 | [–]

Instead of the doctor marrying the nurse it's now the surgeon marrying the pediatrician.

People tend to marry others of similar status, not necessarily income level.

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