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Re: Chart Shows Who Marries CEOs, Doctors, Chefs and Janitors

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Post by rokhayakebe »

NTDF9 wrote: post #92
peter303 wrote: post #22

Business Insider has run several articles of the urban college female "problem". With 30% more females obtaining college degrees currently than males plus that males generally dont marry up, there is a surplus of 20-something college females in all metropolitan areas except San Francisco and Washington DC. Good news for guys then. One silly article tried explain the success of hookup apps is that more desperate femal…

Funny you bring this up. I was on a date last Thursday and this girl (29 yrs old) was constantly trying to figure out how she was better than me....IN EVERY FACET OF LIFE. For example, she went on and on about how she is a badass since she went to the Amazon forests to a nice touristy shack with a guide and a bar. She told stories of hammocks, mosquito nets, snakes, insects and other wild stuff. After a long time, sh…

She could have been nervous and wanted to impress you. A girl who does not like is not likely to spend time trying to outdo you, she'll just fake some reason to leave.

Re: Chart Shows Who Marries CEOs, Doctors, Chefs and Janitors

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Post by argonaut »

andromeduck wrote: post #262
kevincrane wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> A country needs strong, highly-engaged men who act as leaders. America is losing that more each and every day, and it saddens me. Literally every president in US history has been a man, 80.6% of Congress are men, 95.5% of Fortune 500 CEOs are men, and you're sad that it's getting marginally harder for men and that the country is lacking in strong male leaders?

I don't really agree with the sentiment but your example is also pretty poor rebuttal because those are some of the laggiest indicators.

They also represent exactly what the poster wanted: the leaders of America (who are mostly strong aggressive men).

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Post by [deleted] »

LordKano wrote: post #239
colmvp wrote: post #205

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Regarding your point about black women: At least in North America, Black females, like Asian men, have a harder time in the dating scene partially due to their gender/ethnicity combination. Both sets endure media representation and stereotypes that play against their sexual desirability. I'm sure people here will profess that they are immune to any images cultivated by the media and I'm not going to discount their ex…

I have seen and experienced this, from the inside. I'm an educated black man (MS Degree) with a good job (Fortune 500 company) and my female relatives, many of whom are also educated and successful have difficulty with establishing and maintaining relationships. Obviously not all, but many black women have unrealistic expectations. As other have already pointed out, women are adverse to marrying "down" so when a woma…

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Re: Chart Shows Who Marries CEOs, Doctors, Chefs and Janitors

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Post by argonaut »

switchbak wrote: post #179
vinceguidry wrote: post #142

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I have a better explanation. She was talking about the kinds of stuff she was into, and didn't sense that you were into the same things. Then when you said you did do stuff like that, she was interested because you had more in common. She didn't have an ego, you did. If you didn't, you guys could have talked all about the particulars of the stories she was telling, interspersing with similar tales from your adventure…

Honestly, you weren't there, you have no idea what kind of tone / non-verbal cues she was putting out there. It's entirely possible you're right, but all you know about the situation is what he's written here. Without any other information, I'm inclined to believe what he's saying.

Honestly, while I'm not inclined to believe vinceguidry's opinion, I'm also pretty sure NTDF9's opinion is wrong, for a two simple reasons:

1) Virtually every single time I've heard my guy friends talking about (and drawing conclusions from) a bad date, it's almost always (in my judgment) psychobabble BS - there are a million reasons for having a bad experience. Now that I think about it, this applies to women talking about their dates too.

2) Why would you talk about a bad date on an internet forum? I have a strong prior belief that any personal interpretation of the opposite side in a romantic situation on an internet forum, is probably wrong.

Re: Chart Shows Who Marries CEOs, Doctors, Chefs and Janitors

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Post by mhb »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #159
mhb wrote: post #75

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It tells you in the introductory paragraph. You need to be a CEO. So better improve at reading the executive summaries.

I interpreted it differently. If you want to marry a male CEO, you have to be a woman CEO. I'm asking the reverse.

No. The article says In other words, female CEOs tend to marry other CEOs; male CEOs are OK marrying their secretaries.

This means that female CEOs want to marry other CEOs. Male CEOs are happy marrying secretaries. If you want to marry a female CEO, you're best off being a male CEO.

Re: Chart Shows Who Marries CEOs, Doctors, Chefs and Janitors

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Post by dominotw »

sendos wrote: post #234
casca wrote: post #57

If anyone wants to improve the usability, data files are: http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-who-marries-whom/job-... http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-who-marries-whom/pair...

I sorted the data by which occupation marries within the same occupation the most: 13.9% Physicians and Surgeons 10.7% Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 10.1% none 9.7% Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 9.7% Lawyers, and judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers 9.5% Miscellaneous Personal Appearance Workers 9.3% Veterinarians 8.8% Dentists 8.5%…

I was dumped by a medical resident recently, she said she is "looking to settle down with a doctor". :\

Re: Chart Shows Who Marries CEOs, Doctors, Chefs and Janitors

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Post by dominotw »

hkmurakami wrote: post #244
sendos wrote: post #234

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I sorted the data by which occupation marries within the same occupation the most: 13.9% Physicians and Surgeons 10.7% Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 10.1% none 9.7% Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 9.7% Lawyers, and judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers 9.5% Miscellaneous Personal Appearance Workers 9.3% Veterinarians 8.8% Dentists 8.5%…

Looks like there's a correlation with long hours and isolated work environments away from other peer groups. Doctors for instance are well known for pairing up during the residency grind since it dramatically drops their interactions with anyone outside of their residency program and also occurs during their late 20's. A perfect storm.

>Looks like there's a correlation with long hours and isolated work environments away from other peer groups.

Doctors are prestige seekers who see marrying a software programmer as a step down.

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Post by taneq »

nilkn wrote: post #4
solutionyogi wrote: post #3

Is it me or the visualization is very hard to follow? E.g. if you highlight the 'Dancers and Choreographers' section, it's not at all clear that more female dancers marry male welders.

Of all the lines starting at 'Dancers and Choreographers' which are initially red, the thickest one is by far the one that is blue at the other end and ends at 'Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Workers'. I think that's the intended way of drawing that conclusion from the graph. Overall I'm satisfied with the visualization itself, but it would be nice to have more sorting options.

Dancers are more likely to be girly girls and welders are more likely to be blokey blokes, making the two more likely to be compatible?

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Post by visakanv »

visakanv wrote: post #65
chocolatebunny wrote: post #44

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Its really weird but it does seem like most of my peers either married other people in software development or teachers. No idea why.

Teachers have very, very predictable schedules compared to practically everyone else. They're part of a reliable industry. They have a very clear career progression ahead of them. They have holidays, maternity leave, etc. It's very conducive to marriage and raising kids. There are two things to consider from that. 1: people who want a stable married-with-kids life are likely to also want a stable, predictable career…

As for marrying other people in software development, that's a really easy one: proximity, physical presence, similar backgrounds, shared group of friends, etc, etc. Dentists marry dentists. Military folk marry military folk.

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Post by shitgoose »

dominotw wrote: post #287
hkmurakami wrote: post #244

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like there's a correlation with long hours and isolated work environments away from other peer groups. Doctors for instance are well known for pairing up during the residency grind since it dramatically drops their interactions with anyone outside of their residency program and also occurs during their late 20's. A perfect storm.

>Looks like there's a correlation with long hours and isolated work environments away from other peer groups. Doctors are prestige seekers who see marrying a software programmer as a step down.

you are not a doctor, are you?
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