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Exactly. The parents are sending their daughter to college so that she can find a good man. How is she supposed to find a good man in a casino among all the degenerates? They will just end up gambooling away her expected nest egg.


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Do you really think even a small minority of women go to college to find a husband? I don't deny the MRS degree exists, but when I was in college (albeit a few years back) the women were there to learn, earn a degree and get a good job so they could take care of themselves.

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NCA, I went to grad school near you, and I was *shocked* by the number of good-looking, otherwise intelligent woman who were attending grad schools in biz, law, and education to meet the right guy and get the MRS.
Study for a few months, 2nd year is all interviewing at biz school anyway, find a bright guy who's going to make serious bank in NYC or at some hedge fund, get married, work 1-2 years, stay-at-home mom ftw. Many say they'll go back to work after, most of them do not, or go back for 6-9 months part-time, then have kid #2 and definitely stay home. NTTAWWT.
This has happened to dozens of friends of mine, including women who thought they wanted to be CEO someday, and realized it was easier/happier to stay home and be CEO of the household and see their kids more than 2 hours a day.
Whatever makes you happy, right?

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Extremely standard for law students too. I've worked in firms that found it virtually impossible, for lengthy periods, to keep female attorneys on the floor for more than a few years, because, well, working in an office sucks one hell of a lot more than working with your own family. Maybe especially when working with other attorneys, who can often get pretty sour and aggressive not long after law school -- if it even takes them that long.