The “problem” of over-education of girls starts in elementary schools. Have you ever seen the kids get off their respective school buses? The girls have bulging back packs, multiple looseleafs, and hours of homework. The boys, stroll off the buses with one or two worksheets, and have at most, a half hour worth of homework. The girls are taught to work harder at a much younger age. All of this is in order to pressure and prepare them to enter the workforce to support their Kollel husbands. So why shouldn’t they feel the need to be more accomplished? They have to be more accomplished!
Everything is made harder for the girls. Did you ever look at the Seminary applications? They have strict deadlines, mission statements, etc. Guys? They shop around for a yeshiva, and then apply to the one or two that they want, AFTER they have already been accepted. How about once they get to Israel? Girls have tremendous amounts of works: prep, papers, tests, homework. What do the guys have to do? Sit in class. No homework. No real exams to see if they are really progressing. All the guys get an A on their transcript. Not so with the girls.
Are the guys under pressure to finish their Bachelors by 20 and Masters by 21?
And then the guys have the nerve to say they don’t want someone smarter than them? I don’t know if its due to stupidity or arrogance.