basically it just boils down to saving ones face. Everybody wants it, not many are willing to lose it. Sure, it sounds real fine telling your friends that yr man is some Phd bloke.
But heres the reality of it, a man armed with his degree, Armani suits slogging in out in the corporate world earning peanuts. Or a man with only his PSLE, decked out in his $30 attire, getting rich selling chicken rich. I know a certain stall owner that gets by very comfortably just by lunch time sales. I shit you not.
Moral of the story, screw qualifications, hail good business acumen.
So if a woman were to diss a guy just because he doesnt have a Bsc behind his name, it might be her lost.
If paper qualification is so important in a marriage the married the certs can liao.. no need the person involved.