NEWS YOU CAN USE: Why Settle For A Princeton Man? “At a time when women outrank men in education and income, it no longer makes economic sense for a woman to marry up in terms of education. The most economically productive marriages for professional women are ones in which husbands are freer to care for the needs of the family while the women focus on their lucrative careers.”

But can women abandon hypergamy? The rising infidelity rates cited in the article suggest otherwise.