KAROL MARKOWICZ: Why The Lack Of Eligible Bachelors Is A Myth. You say “myth,” I say “artifact of female hypergamy.”

That’s ultimately what women want. It’s not that they need to ensure their future husband took classes like “Shakespeare in Film” or “Calculus for Poets” (both real college credit classes).

It’s that what women continue to look for in men is security — and a college degree goes a long way toward convincing them he can provide that.

We’ve just gotten to a point where it’s unacceptable to admit that, so we use the “college degree” code to say the things we won’t: We want someone with a good job who will take care of us — yes, even if we’re perfectly capable of taking care of ourselves.

It’s not as if women will turn down an entrepreneur, like, say Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates, just because they didn’t finish college. Exceptions will be made.

Indeed.