Aficionados of country music know the traditional themes, which start with unquestioning and enduring love for bird dogs, pickups and shotguns. There are battles with the bottle and broken hearts. Lots of them.
But there's a new theme emerging: Ladies, especially those well-educated urban gals, love country boys. Take Trace Adkins' hit Ladies Love Country Boys. The video shows a flock of finely dressed, female professionals chasing a lone cowboy through a series of urban canyons:
"You can raise her up a lady
But there's one thing you just can't avoid
Ladies love country boys"
Or take Eric Church's Guys Like Me:
"You must have had your pick
Of all the trust fund types
But you came back to me"
It makes for nice lyrics, and it undoubtedly makes those country boys feel good about themselves as they shuck college. Unfortunately, in researching my book about gender and education, I found no evidence that women are willing to "marry down." Not only are the wannabe cowboys watching those videos unlikely to nab more successful women, if current trends in education continue, they also are less likely to find anyone to marry -- or land decent work. Census data show a rising rate of men, especially the less educated, entering middle age without ever having married. The reason: Why marry a less educated man, ask women, who now earn 62% of associate's degrees and 57% of bachelor's degrees? "More working-class men are becoming disconnected from the institution of marriage," says Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. "This spells trouble for these men, their children and their communities."
Source: USA Today | Richard Whitmire
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Honey don't be so shallow a man is not measured by the
amount of education he has or what is in his wallet.
I am from Texas where lots country boys dwell most
of them or farmers who can surely pay for those big
trucks they drive. There's a lot of good wholesome
things about country boys they work hard have a lot of good quality they are family oriented. Most of them are not arrogant and most times God-fearing.
Just because you are country does not mean you know nothing about money or making money work.
I know a few ladies who have married good old country boys and they are so happy they did.
i know some undereducated men who have some other good skills, but after the sack you want someone to talk with you on your level. know what I mean
Really have some greatinformation here.
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