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U-M study: Why men are attracted to subordinate women
University of Michigan News Service ^ | Dec. 8, 2004 | U Mich

Posted on 12/21/2004 3:59:39 PM PST by beavus

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1 posted on 12/21/2004 3:59:39 PM PST by beavus
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To: beavus

It's so much easier that way;)


2 posted on 12/21/2004 4:01:39 PM PST by infidel29 (America is GREAT because she is GOOD, the moment she ceases to be GOOD, she ceases to be GREAT - B.F)
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To: beavus
Subordinate women are a disaster waiting to happen. Easy harassment case.

Business IMO needs to be kept business.

3 posted on 12/21/2004 4:02:26 PM PST by Dan from Michigan ("BZZZZZT You are fined one credit for violation of the Verbal Morality Statute")
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To: beavus

Horse excrement! Any female executives, doctors, lawyers, successful salesladies, entrepreneurs, etc., contact me through this site, I am very interested in dating you! LOL


4 posted on 12/21/2004 4:03:44 PM PST by The Loan Arranger (The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal.)
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To: infidel29
In all seriousness, men want to date/marry subordinate women because of control. For the most part, women control the home, sorry it's sexist but true. Most of the household decisions are weighted toward the female, the mother if children are involved. A lot of times, the male doesn't want control of these situations and decisions, but will usually abdicate to the female.

The man in the workplace, on the other hand, is usually more agressive and control oriented. To abdicate control in BOTH places would be demasculating.

5 posted on 12/21/2004 4:09:30 PM PST by infidel29 (America is GREAT because she is GOOD, the moment she ceases to be GOOD, she ceases to be GREAT - B.F)
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To: beavus
"These findings provide empirical support for the widespread belief that powerful women are at a disadvantage in the marriage market because men may prefer to marry less accomplished women,"

Finally, I have a study to point to. :-)

6 posted on 12/21/2004 4:10:03 PM PST by njwoman
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"Brown and Lewis found that males, but not females, were most strongly attracted to subordinate partners for high-investment activities such as marriage and dating."

Well no kidding. So you went to graduate school and spent tens of thousands of dollars to learn that little nugget? What sort of male actually seeks out somebody that they know for sure will make every decision a challenge, every conversation a debate, and every single part of their miserable existence contested?

Putting two leaders into the same relationship is a quick ticket to a personal hell.

I'm sure glad we had these experts to warn us ahead of time.

7 posted on 12/21/2004 4:10:30 PM PST by USMCVet
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To: beavus
These findings provide empirical support for the widespread belief that powerful women are at a disadvantage in the marriage market because men may prefer to marry less accomplished women,"...

Does this mean that the gene pool of "powerful women" will one day be depleted due to a lack of compliant men?

8 posted on 12/21/2004 4:11:04 PM PST by Noachian (A Democrat, by definition, is a Socialist.)
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To: beavus
So men don't want to marry a "liberated" femi-nazi? Wow, that's news to me. My hats off to Captain Obvious over at the University of Michigan for filling us in on this one.
9 posted on 12/21/2004 4:11:36 PM PST by Jaysun (I'm pleased to report that Arafat's condition remains stable.)
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To: beavus

Same study, but the article's from a different newspaper (338 posts):

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1300165/posts


10 posted on 12/21/2004 4:13:34 PM PST by BlessedBeGod (George W. Bush -- The Terror of the Terrorists)
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To: beavus

Extremely attractive women TYPICALLY do not go to college and pursue a degree. These women know that they can trade on their looks, and often do. Thus, when these women enter the job market, they will enter as a subordinate.

So, GENERALLY speaking; a man has a choice of a mega-babe he works with and is a subordinate; or a reasonably attractive (or unattractive) woman who is his peer. Do the math....

This is MY personal observations, your mileage and experiences may vary. I'm sure that there are fantastically beautiful, highly educated model-like sexys superstars in the workforce ... I just don't see them.


11 posted on 12/21/2004 4:13:43 PM PST by Hodar (With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
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To: beavus

Their use of undergraduates, most of whom have never worked in businesses, makes me question their method. However, I'm not surprised by the results.


12 posted on 12/21/2004 4:15:05 PM PST by expatpat
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To: BlessedBeGod

Sorry, missed it. Wouldn't have posted if I'd known.


13 posted on 12/21/2004 4:15:45 PM PST by beavus
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14 posted on 12/21/2004 4:16:13 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: Hodar

That may have been true at one time, but I doubt it is now. Do you have a link to any studies that show this?


15 posted on 12/21/2004 4:16:53 PM PST by FauxBlonde
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To: Hodar

If I were to choose a place to find a bunch of young hot chicks, I would look no further than the nearest business school.

BTW, either this study is total BS, or I never got the memo. Niether did my wife.


16 posted on 12/21/2004 4:17:58 PM PST by Dead Dog
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To: beavus
Already posted, refuted, and beaten to death:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1300165/posts

17 posted on 12/21/2004 4:17:59 PM PST by Rytwyng (we're here, we're Huguenots, get used to us)
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To: Hodar
Extremely attractive women TYPICALLY do not go to college

Haven't you BEEN to college?

18 posted on 12/21/2004 4:18:03 PM PST by beavus
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To: infidel29
What sort of male actually seeks out somebody that they know for sure will make every decision a challenge, every conversation a debate, and every single part of their miserable existence contested?

Are you suggesting that every male should marry a woman that is less accomplished?

19 posted on 12/21/2004 4:18:43 PM PST by njwoman
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To: The Loan Arranger
I'll second that emotion. Professional ladies with bucks who enjoy a huge margarita, some Clos Du Bois or a pint of Guinness every now and then with a man who is gone most of the time and wont get on your nerves, look up the Dog.

I am not threatened by success, high heels, business attire or a severe hairdo. If you fire people for a living, I'm already turned on.
20 posted on 12/21/2004 4:19:28 PM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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