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Women 'want rich husbands, not careers': New survey claims drive for gender equality is a myth
Daily Mail ^ | 01/04/11 | Eleanor Harding

Posted on 01/10/2011 7:12:20 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

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1 posted on 01/10/2011 7:12:24 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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Even successful women want to find men even more successful than they are, and that’s why a lot of them are never satisfied.


2 posted on 01/10/2011 7:15:11 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Who knew?

I didn’t need a newspaper article to know this. Most men don’t.


3 posted on 01/10/2011 7:15:53 AM PST by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of "lberals, Islam and illegal immigration.)
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4 posted on 01/10/2011 7:17:41 AM PST by Dick Vomer (democrats are like flies, whatever they don't eat, they sh#t one)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I married for love.


5 posted on 01/10/2011 7:29:37 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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Why would a rich guy marry such women?

Might as well get a 20 year old girlfriend and trade her out every 4 years.


6 posted on 01/10/2011 7:32:50 AM PST by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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Can I get an AMEN!!!


7 posted on 01/10/2011 7:36:53 AM PST by AlmaKing
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To: TigerLikesRooster

The good ones want to marry a rich man.

Lots of ‘em want to divorce a rich man...


8 posted on 01/10/2011 7:43:32 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 720 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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Even successful women want to find men even more successful than they are, and that’s why a lot of them are never satisfied.

And if they do marry a wealthy man, in a couple of years his status will not be enough to satisfy her ego, she will attempt to make HIS wealth HER wealth in the divorce, and move on.

This is why, as another poster noted, rich guys would do better to get 20-year-old girlfriends and trade them every few years. The big issue would involve any desire for children, which might be solved by him adopting kids who would be EXCLUSIVELY his and could not be taken away by divorce.

9 posted on 01/10/2011 7:43:56 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: VanDeKoik

“Why would a rich guy marry such women?”

To have a family?


10 posted on 01/10/2011 7:44:07 AM PST by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: dfwgator

With colleges attendees now over 60% female and rising, something tells me there is going to be a LOT of unsatisfied women in the future.

We forget how recently this experiment in gender relations began. And we seem to just ignore what a massive change it was. We basically took the hard learned wisdom of 6000 years and tossed them all out the window.

And people are surprised that we are left with some unintended consequences.


11 posted on 01/10/2011 7:44:31 AM PST by DManA
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The odds that by marrying a woman and procreating you will end up with a family are slimmer every year.

But you’re right, that is the only chance a man has.


12 posted on 01/10/2011 7:46:39 AM PST by DManA
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To: TigerLikesRooster

If they are not interested in equality anymore can we do something about the ones that always vote for the Obama-types? I am just saying...LOL


13 posted on 01/10/2011 7:51:18 AM PST by surfer (To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
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When I was in law school in the 1980s, there were plenty of female law students. The Women’s Law School Association held but one mixer, with the Med School students!

I suspect most of the Med School students weren’t too interested.


14 posted on 01/10/2011 7:51:18 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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Without this dynamic, there would be no such thing as Gift Shops, and dinky little stores that sell trinkets. Women use their rich husband’s wallets to bankroll failing business ideas. Ideas based on social status.

This accounts for a LARGE portion of female-owned businesses.


15 posted on 01/10/2011 7:58:01 AM PST by Celerity
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I know someone who did her Master’s Thesis on the best ways for a woman in poverty to get out of poverty. She looked at government programs, education, etc. No matter how she crunched the numbers, the only sure-fire way for a woman to escape poverty was to marry someone with a steady income.

She was a bit embarrassed by the results, since academics always assume that education and government programs are the solution to everything, but she turned in her paper, got her degree, and then quietly tossed the thesis into the trash.


16 posted on 01/10/2011 7:59:33 AM PST by Question Liberal Authority (Worst. Post-Racial. And Post-Partisan. Agent Of Hope And Change. EVER.)
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To: anniegetyourgun

I did too. Hubby was a broke college student when we met and married. He was simply the best guy I’d ever met.

Neither of us is perfect, but we’re perfect for each other! :-)


17 posted on 01/10/2011 8:00:46 AM PST by Marie (Obama seems to think that Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel since Camp David, not King David)
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To: Celerity

I might have to disagree with you on the “large portion” part of your assertion, if you meant that it was a majority.

Another incentive for “female-owned businesses” is the government-based incentive - easy loans, grants, tax breaks, etc, for “minority-owned businesses”.

Easy to put your wife’s name on the family business and get all those perks, now, isn’t it?


18 posted on 01/10/2011 8:05:13 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Marie

Me too.

My DH puts up with me.
I have a degree and he doesn’t.

Besides, he is a cutie.

Now for my girls, I tell them to get good degrees and be able to support the men they love. Cause Lord knows, that guy could be sweet, wonderful, treat her like gold but (like my Goddaughter) be striving to be a Brewmeister. (I kid you not).
My Goddaughter is 22 and about to graduate with a degree from Columbia. She is brilliant and loves him to pieces.


19 posted on 01/10/2011 8:07:29 AM PST by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice.)
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These are the same people who list their Dog as a Security expense. I know the type.

A trip down any road in Westport CT will reveal the face of this dynamic. The new-age gift shops, “Angel Shops” and cutely-named trinket shops that have no customers - save other rich female business owners on the same street.

Like celebrities, they make the daily rounds to stroke each other’s psychological g-spots.


20 posted on 01/10/2011 8:08:21 AM PST by Celerity
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