The Research on the Marital Dilemmas and Ways of Coping with Gender Stereotypes of Highly Educated Women

Meiru Lu

doi:10.54691/bcpssh.v21i.3418

Authors

Meiru Lu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/bcpssh.v21i.3418

Keywords:

Higher Education; Gender Stereotypes; Women; Coping Styles; Marriage.

Abstract

In the context of the modernization process and in particular, the expansion of higher education, the proportion of women among postgraduate students is on the rise and exceeds that of men. The opportunity cost of higher education for highly educated women is their late entry into society, which has resulted in many highly educated women not being able to marry or find a suitable partner at a marriageable age. Based on socialization theory and gender theory, this paper explores and analyzes the gender stereotypes and marital dilemmas faced by highly educated women and their ways of coping with them based on interviews and literature research, and learns about the gender stereotypes faced by highly educated women and their responses to the threat of stereotypes. The study also explores the links between the marital behaviour of highly educated women and gender stereotypes, and proposes policy implications for the marriage of highly educated women, starting with individual psychological counselling, and then improving social policies and laws and creating a favourable cultural atmosphere, in order to provide a theoretical basis and practical support for society to correctly understand the marriage of highly educated women and reduce gender stereotypes.

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