That's where we have a bit of a double standard of expectations. We expect a girl to go to college ZPRIMARILY to get an MRS. Degree, preferably ABOVE her social standing. When guys go to school we expect WORK first, Mrs. Second. You end up with this situation where women should compete with men fairly, all the time... Except when they want to stop competing and get married. Even then, men are competing for FOOD ON THE TABLE, every day, the next 40 years. Women don't have the same "skin in the game" because Daddy pays for school until hubby marries them.