Posted on 06/27/2012 8:46:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
While losing your job may be a devastating blow to your career aspirations, it may be an even bigger blow to your personal life, according to new research conducted by a dating service. A significant majority of women said they would not date a man who was unemployed. Just one-third of men said they would date an unemployed woman.
Overall, 75 percent of women said they would be unlikely to date an unemployed man, with 33 percent saying no outright. Another 42 percent of women answered maybe when asked about the possibility of dating an unemployed man. That answer, however, came with the stipulation that those women would not want to spend a lot of time in the relationship if the man did not have a plan in place. Just 21 percent of women said they would date an unemployed man.
Women, however, insist their feelings are not solely based on money. Rather, respondents said they were interested in dating someone who is engaged in an activity. Respondents felt that work was a beneficial activity for men to participate in.
"Not having a job will definitely make it harder for men to date someone they don't already know," said Irene LaCota, spokesperson for It's Just Lunch, a dating service for professionals that conducted the research.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
Gee, if men said the same thing, women would say that was sexist of them. Guess double standards are fine when you come out on the favorable side.
It would make me nervous whoever would act that way.
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Hasn’t stopped young black girls having babies from several different lowlifes.
I’m sure a lot depends on age and status. Lots of young people date unemployed people because they are unemployed or students themselves. And some people dare for fun, not to scout lifetime relationships so occupation probably doesn’t matter to them.
Bottom line, most women under 40 care most that a date is going to pay for dinner and have enough gasoline to drive them home. After that, everything is negotiable. But if she sees that a young man has no income and no ambition, she has every right to look for somebody else.
Actual dating, instead of just "hooking up" (there's that "dog"/animal mentality again)
has certain...requirements...in today's youth culture.
They may see them for a week or so. Until things head south.
second, I find the same thing with residual income.
Wow, you guys have it tough, just kidding.
Any guy that can't make those two occupations sing, doesn't deserve women.
This was in a very liberal state up north. Women (having drunk the Kool Aid about men being liars and predators) tended to view any kind of accomplishments out of the ordinary as “just another line of bovine scat from another loser and predator”. The culture in this state (Minnesota) had as one of its characteristics “how dare you do better than average/mediocre”. Maybe the women viewed the mediocre office drone as having more “stability”. Perceptions are a funny thing. It makes “resume deflation” in certain social circles (and I don’t mean homeless bums, welfare recipients, and all that) a necessary tactic.
BTW, I am no longer in Minnestoopid.
I’m not desperate boss . Aint looking either . My point was the dumbing down of the American school system with respect to finance and self reliance .
Aside from that I dont care who they are . If someone is attracted to bright shiny objects I have no time for them . Man or beast .
That's only fair, now.
100% of today's so-called men will not date unemployed women.
More than once, that is.
I thought hooking up one time was the cool dating technique now.
Yeah, the inadequate school system is why women react to you as you described.
I’ve noticed that too. I’m not sure why so many men marry women that are clearly beneath them. The best marriages I’ve seen are between equals with a good work-home balance.
You have a good money making career, you just need to know how to find the description that makes it sing to a woman.
Tell them what you do and do not merely leave it at “self-employed”, avoid that phrase entirely, tell them about your work, the contracts, the demands, sound like a man who is as busy as your description of 60 hour weeks sounds.
Women respect work, and you work, tell them about it.
This surprises people because?
Now I am going to make an assumption that we are talking about adults who are out of college. Why would the unemployed male or female living at home with mom and dad be appealing?
They are not taking responsibility for their own lives or future so a future with them is not a good idea.
Around 1/3. 66% of men say no job, no way.
If they are not employed, they had better know how to paint, do plumbing and electrical repairs, mow the lawn, wash the windows, take care of my car, run errands, go to the store, do the laundry and ironing, clean the house, cook all the meals and be an excellent gin rummy and Scrabble player.
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