'You won’t find husbands if you become smarter than men': Hungary tells women

Hungary's government has warned the country's women that they would not find husbands if the school system makes them much smarter than men.

The message was conveyed in a publication, called Pink Education, which published by the state audit office. “The phenomenon called ‘pink education’ has numerous economic and social consequences,” it stated. The audit office is close to Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban who is also a self-styled social conservative.

According to The Guardian, Pink Education claimed that because women will be over-represented at university, they will therefore find it harder to meet husbands who match their intellectual level. And this, the report stated, "could lead to a decline in fertility".

The government report also argued that with 82 per cent of Hungarian teachers being women, young boys risk losing "traditional skills" including fixing broken computers or leaky taps.

"Growing up, even in their homes, young people are faced with a frozen computer, a dripping tap, or furniture that has arrived flat-packed and there is no one to put it together," the government stated.