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From: desjardins@h-sc1.UUCP (marie desjardins)
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Subject: Re: Discrimination against women and statistics
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Date: Sun, 30-Jun-85 19:21:58 EDT
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> In article <405@h-sc1.UUCP> desjardins@h-sc1.UUCP (marie desjardins) writes:
> >Mobility matters because your husband (working,
> >naturally, in a high-paying job) may have to relocate and you need
> >to follow him.  So why shouldn't the man follow his wife?  Well,
> >because he has a higher-paying job, naturally.
> 
> Does this mean you're willing to marry a man who makes less money than you?
> That you're willing to "marry below your class"? I would suspect many women
> are not. I'd be happy to hear if I'm wrong.
> 
>  Phil Ngai +1 408 749 5720

Yes, I would marry a man I loved, no matter how much or little money he
made.  (Chances are I would never marry a very low-salaried man, because
(a) I don't think I could have a good relationship with someone who wasn't
as educated as I am [what would we talk about if we couldn't talk about
computers? :-)] and (b) my husband wouldn't like it. :-)) In fact, I would 
guess there are a lot more men who are unwilling to marry a woman who 
makes more than them than there are women who won't marry a man who makes 
less than them.  In general, I think a woman who works would be secure 
enough that she really wouldn't care how much her husband made; a woman 
who doesn't work may feel differently, since she has no other means of 
support.  (I could make a separate social commentary on why there are 
so many women who can't support themselves, but I won't here.)

	marie