&gt; These days, an investment banker may marry another investment banker rather than a high school sweetheart, or a lawyer will marry another lawyer, or a prestigious client, rather than a secretary.<p>I&#x27;m all for reducing income inequality, but I find the complaints about assortive marriage to be, frankly, sexist. Sandra Day O&#x27;Connor graduated third in her class at Stanford Law, and was only offered jobs as a legal secretary in private law firms. Back then, a lot of smart, ambitious women were relegated to jobs that didn&#x27;t maximize their intellectual potential because of sexism in the workplace. Now that sexism is subsiding, and women are free to pursue traditionally male jobs, of course you&#x27;re seeing more couples marrying within their educational and economic class.