WHAT REALLY HAPPENS WHEN WOMEN EARN MORE: “Yet the angle of every major outlet to cover the study is that men are retrograde cavemen who must be to blame if their wives earn less than they do. . . . I’ll be blunt. Most women I know would still prefer to pair up with a man who is their professional and financial equal if not superior.”

Related item here. “Why do women want that more than men? Is it merely the social convention that the man needs to bring in money? Is it some sexual need that corresponds to the man’s desire for beauty?”

Is this perhaps connected to women’s preference for men who are taken? Or for men who kill? Are all these manifestations of an urge to hypergamy?

UPDATE: More on women’s high expectations.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Related item here.