Indentured Educated Men

I've written about indentured educated women, and opened up about my own fears of being indebted and unable to ever have a child or own a home. But such worries and fears aren't held by women alone.

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I believe that, in many ways, gender is constructed by culture and complex socializing processes. Whether we like it or not, we experience the world through the lens of gender. Moreover, people judge us, respond to us, and interact with us in different ways as a result of our gender. For instance, I have been, and am, treated in both demoralizing and positive ways because I am a woman. We have all had such experiences, regardless of our gender (those who are transgendered, most likely, experience these moments in even more profound ways). Such things, as we're all aware, happen to minorities as well. However, I don't wish to wander off into a cultural studies critique about whether or not gender is a cultural construct. (In saying that, I am not dismissing that type of work and inquiry - far from it). Instead, I want to hear from indentured educated men.

We've heard from different types of women - mothers with indebted children, young women who long to have children but fear they will be unable to make that choice, indebted women with and without families, etc.

Now it's time for the men to speak. What is it like to be an indentured educated man? Are you a father with loads of debt and unemployed or underemployed? Are your children drown in student loan debt, and does that make you feel helpless? Do you wish to have a family, but fear it will never happen because of your student loans? How has it affected your personal relationships?

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Related Links


"Indentured Educated Women," AEM (Sept. 3, 2011)

"Pillow Talk for Tuition: Guys Are Doing It Too - They're Seeking Sugar Daddies To Pay Off Their Student Loans!," AEM (Aug. 30, 2011)

"Arianna Huffington, '245,000 College Grads Looking for Sugar Daddies,'" AEM (Aug. 4, 2011)