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Having too many female college graduates threatens the economy and demographics by skewing education in their favor and making it more difficult for them to have children, according to a report by the State Audit Office. The work, entitled “Signs of Pink Education in Hungary?!,” was published on July 1 and reported by Nepszava newspaper on Thursday.
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the latest product of the macho political culture fostered by Orban, who refers to tough tasks as “work for men.”
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“Where there’s a difference in the educational attainment of a marrying couple, the bride is usually more educated than the groom,” wrote the researchers, comprising three women and one man led by Beatrix Fuzi from the Budapest Business School. “If this tendency continues, the inequity in higher eduction may risk a drop in births due to the reduced probability of women choosing to marry and bear children.”

The study said this stemmed partly from women being over-represented in the teaching profession, leading to “male attributes being underrated, possibly penalized” in the classroom.