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Enneagram Type 5 Board Archive Tee hee. [nt]Posted by Mikko on April 12, 2002 at 17:29:01: In Reply to: Oh God not this again. posted by Emily [nt] on April 12, 2002 at 12:36:30: : : intelligent/successful women are single because they choose to be. : : If I say "I will only date a supermodel" I am actually saying "I will be celibate". : : Women, with few exceptions, want to "trade up". If she earns $40,000 or has a Phd, she will reject a guy with a master's and $35,000. This is not opinion, it is solid fact. There are millions of women joining dating agencies. The single most important determinant is money. nothing else, not personality, not sense of humor, not looks, nothing is even half as in-demand as a high salary. : : But there are almost no men with those in-demand attributes with an interest in dating career women in their 30's. High-acheiving men generally prefer younger, less career-oriented women, because they are more fun to be around. : : The difference between men and women is women don't work with the laws of supply and demand. Men will take the best of what's available. Women will have the best or be alone. Women don't lower their standards. : : You may decide that this is a good thing or a bad thing. It is true, though. : : If high-acheiving women want partners, most of them will have to accept that the type of man they want is in extremely short supply, and turn their attention to other types of men. If they are repelled by the other types of men, they must get used to being alone, period. : : But quit blaming men! It's nothing to do with us! We are NOT responsible for your gender's choosiness. : : It's not "our patriarchal culture", it's human nature. These women are the authors of their own misfortune. Men have no input. : : : #### Where on earth do you get these theories from? Women's taste in men is as varied as their personality themselves is and is more often than not determined by what type their parents were. I have a PhD myself and am attracted to both 5's (cerebral) and 7's (action) as well as some 9's. Liam Gallagher and men like him are huge turnoffs. I believe being more intelligent and/or successful is an obvious disadvantage for women seeking boyfriends. I think it relates to cultural history where the man is the breadwinner and superior. Fortunately not all men are bound by these instincts and their ego is not diminished by a high achieving partner. But these men are in the minority and intelligent/successful women are often single. Sharlee : : : : : : So this brings up some questions: why won't these lonely Doctors date these men? Presumably because these doctors are more sexually interested in brawny physical acerebral men. Think Liam Gallagher. : : : : It's obvious that such men, of course, prefer women to be like them: action-based people who never think more than they absolutely have to. Such men rarely lack a very large complement of females eager to mate with them. Given that their supply of women is so high, it's unlikely they'd ever go for a bookworm. As far as action-men go, being cerebral is a demerit. : : : : It's funny to imagine these studious bespectacled females complaining "Well *I* fancy Mr Muscleboy so he should fancy me too" : : : : It's as if all men said "I refuse to marry anybody except a supermodel". Well, in that case only eight men in the world will be married. : : : : Of course, these Doctors would like it if the men they find sexually attractive were turned on by them in particular. But I would like to live forever. You don't hear me complain because human life is finite. Nobody has an automatic right to be fancied by those they fancy, and these Doctors need to realise that. : : : : : : : : : I'd use it at parties.
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