"Women Should Stop Getting Educations" šŸ«  & the Sneex Debate šŸ‘ 

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Hey! Itā€™s Doone, your hype girl in bizā€¦ So my inbox was in overdrive and full of love last weekā€”the response to the motherhood feature was overwhelming (in a positive way) and I feel so grateful and valued and seen. Thank you to everyone that reached out. Itā€™s loud and clear ā€” weā€™re on the right track and we šŸ‘ are šŸ‘ excited šŸ‘. My inbox is always open, drop in anytime and share your stories or insights with me, I love to chat. On the cards for today šŸ‘‡

  • šŸ’– ā€œWomen Should Stop Getting Educationsā€ UM WTF??

  • šŸ’– A quick framework on how to stop apologizing

  • šŸ’– Closing soon: 5 prize winners to receive $200,000

ā€œWomen Should Stop Getting Educationsā€

TLDR: Debunking outdated nonsense I see on the internet.

Are we going backwards here or has this harmful sentiment online always been there and itā€™s just becoming more mainstream courtesy of guys like Tate? Either wayā€”itā€™s bloody terrifying. And dangerous.

ā€œWe should stop normalizing women getting an education.ā€
Yet the research shows:

  • Educated women increase a country's GDP by 0.37% per additional year (for perspective this = $99.5B) 

  • Women with college degrees have a 20% lower divorce risk

  • Educated women are 80% more financially secure in retirement and less likely to face poverty

ā€œEducation is literally ruining our sisters.ā€
Yet the research shows:

  • Education reduces poverty risk by 9.5% for women 

  • Children of educated mothers have a 50% higher survival rate 

  • Dual-income households with equal financial contribution are 34% less likely to divorce 

  • Financial independence in both partners leads to a 20% increase in relationship satisfaction

ā€œMost of them arenā€™t marriage material.ā€
Yet the research shows:

  • College-educated women have a 78% chance of staying married for 20 years, vs 40% for those with a high school diploma 

ā€œMost of them are becoming the men they want to marry.ā€

Um, yes this is accurate. We raised our standards.

ā€œThey go and study to become doctors or lawyers, and end up 30, 35, unmarried and barren.ā€
Yet the research shows:

  • The average age for college-educated women to get married is around 28, and 25 for women without a college degree 

  • And a higher percentage of college-educated women marry by age 40 (75%) compared to those without a degree (60%)

  • Fertility rates for women in their 30s have increased as a result of an improved understanding of womenā€™s health, advancements in technology and better access to healthcareā€”the birth rate for women aged 30-34 actually surpassed women aged 25-29 in 2016 USA

Itā€™s literally proven and backed by data that we ā€”as educated, working womenā€” strengthen marriages and boost the economy. The choice of education, career, or being a homemaker should be OURSā€”not anyone elseā€™s. Itā€™s so baffling to me that I donā€™t really understand, and Iā€™m genuinely curious how this narrative will shift moving forward.

How do you see this sentiment changing? (Iā€™m actually asking)

Gold Tweets This Week šŸ’—

1/ Itā€™s OK if you are struggling (so is everyone else) šŸ‘‰ one day soon youā€™re going to be on the other side:

2/ One for the people-pleasers šŸ™‹ā€ā™€ļø a great way to remove apologies in your emails:

Keep these saved to your notes:

  • Thank you for clarifying

  • Thanks for the nudge! (if you missed a previous email)

  • We appreciate your inputs, moving forward we will..

  • Thank you for your feedback, we will incorporate this into our process..

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