I know plenty of boys who are would be thrilled with a PhD. They’re looking for nurses, speech therapists (doesn’t have to be kosher online either) and more.
True, a lot of these girls find that their degrees are meaningless in E”Y. Hopefully they’ll be able to pick up where they left off if they come back to the states, or they’ll work hard to get the certification they need in E”Y.
I’m not savvy enough to search here, snip, etc. but I believe AZ once said that of course boys will be ridiculously picky, due to the demographics. I simply commented there that I think it’s really sad. If we have been given this nisayon of the shidduch crisis due to demographics, as is maintained (rather than say that we have created shidduch crisis due to poor chinuch, learning gap and other factors; OR rather than say it’s a combination of such factors and demographics, IOW, if we’re going to focus TOTALLY on demographics in finding a solution) then we have to say, wow, what a nisayon. Like all nisyanos, isn’t Hashem putting us here to see if we act from our greatest strengths, with nobility and menschlichkeit?
Instead, if you’re going to say, well of course the boys WILL demand because they can, because of the supply, we’re flunking this nisayon big time, and have to figure out how to educate to pass it.
AZ, did I explain this clearly? Let me know if I need to clarify further.