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David Autor's work shows the falling status of men relative to women in the same age cohort, particularly non-college educated men, has contributed to declining male labor force participation, less family formation and a host of other social problems. There's no need for snark.https://twitter.com/drvox/status/1080907726899732480 …
The diverging labor market success of men and women is a massive trend that we rarely talk about Just because Tucker is the one saying it doesn't justify dismissing the issue or making absurd false comparisons. Enough point scoring. https://economics.mit.edu/files/8754 pic.twitter.com/Y72VY3oYfd
You don't have to be believe in EvoPsych just-so stories to believe men and women compete for mates on different dimensions. It's observed and replicated. Women generally prefer men with resources and high status, while men prioritize youth and beauty. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-016-0048-6 …pic.twitter.com/kM4De14lBP
Similarly saying "Ya but my wife is ugly and I'm poor and we make it work" is not an argument. These are population level generalizations.
As women entered the labor force and excelled in college, assortative mating increased. https://www.nber.org/papers/w19829.pdf?new_window=1 …pic.twitter.com/QuIJHxjtVi
The signaling theory of college applies not just to employers but also one another. Women with college degrees prefer higher earning men with college degrees. But because women's education attainment now surpassed men, that forces many more women to "marry down" in equilibrium.pic.twitter.com/gSaszLUHvP
But equilibrium isn't necessarily achieved. If college educated women insist on marrying other college educated men, but there aren't enough to go around, you get a lot of single ladies...https://www.amazon.com/All-Single-Ladies-Unmarried-Independent/dp/1476716579 …
The flip side of more single women is more single men. More un-marriageable, low status men.pic.twitter.com/tIOPpwr5cj
Of course none of this is super controversial. Progressive writers like Rebecca Traister and Hanna Rosin have books on the topic, for example. h/t @razibkhanhttps://www.amazon.com/End-Men-Rise-Women/dp/1594488045 …
This threads gone on long enough. I just get so frustrated by people dunking on conservatives for talking about this issue with snarky ad hominem attacks. Is there no way for folks on the right to raise these issue without being accused of self-pity?
Link to Autor et al.'s most recent paper on the subject: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ecs/events/seminar/seminar-papers/17-09-05_2.pdf …pic.twitter.com/wSKMs4e2mq
So, what's the solution that's beneficial for everyone? Convince women that "high status" should not necessarily = high earners, BUT ALSO convince men that beauty should not necessarily be narrowly defined?
Conventional "beauty" is also a status symbol for men as well. So we also need to convince men to more highly value other aspects in a partner outside of physical ones.
That's a bit like saying the solution to obesity is to convince people sugar and fat taste bad.
Are you saying this is a biological preference? Do you think only men have biological preferences for mates or women as well?
Yes biological, and yes men and women's preferences differ.https://twitter.com/hamandcheese/status/1080956188274163713?s=19 …
yes there is need for snark. Maybe, just maybe, it makes sense for women to see bigger wage gains considering they've been earning about two-thirds (even half) of what men earn to do the same work, since forever. If men feel threatened by that, it's their problem, not ours
It's not just female wage gains. It's male wage deterioration, partly downstream of deindustrialization. Analysizing in an interpersonal moralizing way is a category error.
For most of human history male physical strength was necessary for survival. This has largely disappeared in the modern world. Men now how few, if any, advantages over women
Women have big advantages at sitting still and keeping quiet, which are major advantages in the bureaucratic world we have invented.
Conscientiousness is the more neutral term
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