Smart Women Don't Read Maureen Dowd
From "Smart Women Don't Read Maureen Dowd" by Christine Whelan, Huffington Post blog, posted November 14, 2007:
...According to today's New York Times column [by Maureen Dowd], men are intimidated by smart women...and successful women won't ever find love.
Millions of women across the country just got a migraine.
Small-scale opinion surveys may hem and haw about men's preferences for subordinate women, but actions speak louder than words: According to this year's Current Population Survey research of 50,000 households, women who have graduate degrees and/or top salaries are more likely to marry than their less accomplished sisters...And once married, these smart, successful women may even be more likely to have children...
In a national survey...65% of single men said they are more attracted to women who are successful in their careers. Recent research published in the American Journal of Sociology seconded that finding:...[M]en are more sexually attracted to women in positions of power than they are to more subordinate women. Thus it appears that a woman's success and smarts can be a real aphrodisiac to today's men...
More education and income is a great asset -- not a liability -- in the marriage market...
For all those smart single women out there, here's some advice:
- Stop reading Maureen Dowd's column...
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