This is such a trajedy. Democrats PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN lol

@IstillmissEP No, those earn waaaaay more, and there are so few of them they barely blip the average. The most common profession of a gender studies major is a schoolteacher, followed by lawyer.

@QuixoticSoul What's the job?

@eli1601 elementary/middle school teacher, followed by lawyer, and generic white collar gigs.

This is pretty normal for most humanities degrees,

@QuixoticSoul I assumed the only steady job for someone who majored in Gender Studies is teaching Gender Studies.

@eli1601 Turns our you’re wrong 🤷‍♂️

A degree is a degree - and most jobs that require a degree simply require [b]a[/b] degree. There are good reasons for this, most white collar jobs don’t require specialized domain knowledge - they require learning and communication skills, and humanities majors of every stripe are good at reading, retaining, and writing.

Most folks who study, say, history - don’t go into academia either.

@QuixoticSoul Maybe, but they also require an interview. All else being equal, I'm not convinced that Gender Studies is a winner.

Edit to add - then again, I'm forgetting who is doing the interviewing these days.

@eli1601 Anyone grilling someone about their politics in an interview is likely retarded, and most people conducting interviews for white collar jobs are at least functional.

@QuixoticSoul The politics are obvious and there is no harm asking an applicant about their major.

@eli1601 Nope, and the average salary implies that these people are quite capable of answering those types of questions.

This is a facts vs feelings situation - Gender Studies majors are objectively more productive and have a higher economic output than most Americans.

@QuixoticSoul What feelings? Avg salaries don't tell you how many Gender Studies majors don't find jobs in their chosen field which seems to be the genesis of this thread.

@eli1601 Your obvious feelings (and that of others here) that gender studies majors are useless or incapable - the market says otherwise.

@eli1601 Outside of professional degrees, most undergrads don’t choose their major to get a career in their chosen field - especially as a good number of those fields require PhDs to pursue professionally. Your average Physics major isn’t angling to be a physicist, and your average History major isn’t trying to become a historian.

I feel like a lot of folks don’t actually understand what undergraduate education is about, or its role in one’s career.

You’re probably also confused why the the best major for someone looking to become a lawyer is not criminal justice - but philosophy.

Anyway, the tweet says *decent* jobs 🤷‍♂️