Educated and Single?

For the past few years, there has been a narrative circulating on social media that single men are not looking to be with educated women for serious relationships or marriage. It's hard to tell if this is a social media talking point or if this is a genuine sentiment that single men have, but now that women have the right to advance themselves in the same ways that men do, including career and education, it's safe to say that men who prefer uneducated women are behind the times. 

If men have embraced dating and marrying women who have careers, then they have by default embraced women who are educated. Unless a woman is working an entry level job, it is likely that she had to have some education in order to get the job she has. Expecting women to have a decent paying job without having an education is almost ludicrous. And these men know their requests and expectations are ludicrous, they just can't admit that they don't want women to be knowledgeable. Even if a woman was not formally educated, if she was still an intellectual, they would still take issue with it.

Once a woman reaches a certain age, she should be educated about life. Even if there is no degree or certificate to her name, she is still a knowledgeable woman because of the things she's learned throughout life. A mature man should expect a mature woman to come to the table with knowledge. If she doesn't, then what has she been doing all this time? Why hasn't she been learning anything? Why is her mind still empty at the age of 30 and beyond?

Some men have an obsession with the idea of a man and woman coming together, and building their life from scratch. They want them to have no money, no education, and no experience. And this is possible if the man and woman are young and haven't experienced anything or accumulated any assets. But again, once they've reached a certain age, both should have something to their name. If coming to the table pure, inexperienced, and clueless is the goal, then marrying young should be the goal also.

But, too often, men don't want to marry at a young age because they want to explore. And quite frankly, young women want to do the same. But as the two grow older, neither should complain about the experience that the other gender has by the time they're finally ready to marry.