All terrifying prospects if you ask me! The author makes a very good point regarding what is or should be an instinctual behavior. Some women may bristle at what she attempted to tell them, but there is a very valid truthful point. Are there exceptions, sure there are, but for the majority it is a matter of marrying up the ladder.
There are very few men who like to date women who can match wits with them. It is not until later in the marriage does a man come to appreciate his wife's intelligence and her full potential/success.
... or resent it.
my husband certainly does not appreciate that I challenge his statements. Still hasn’t kicked me to the curb though.