Comments on: Women Who Earn More Than Men – And The Men Who Resent Them!

By: Kristine

Kristine — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:31:23 +0000

It angers me how many men say that “women still want men to pay for everything” and then say that they feel emasculated if the woman pays. Talk about hypocrisy. It seems that no matter what you do, it’s wrong. Stay at home wife? Lazy, have a decent career? Bad mother. I’m so sick of it. No matter what you do, it is all wrong. I actually don’t mind paying for stuff on the first date(not that dating is that common in europe anyways, where I live). Really, the most normal thing where I live is for both to pay their own way I’d say. I don’t know if this whole thing is very american or what? The man having to pay for everything. It also angers me when people diss people who stay at home with their children. Hellooo, it is hard work! Cleaning the house, making dinner, watching kids all day.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:49:36 +0000

@Mark, I think we have different ways of judging “equivalent education”.
If your wife is a teacher but went to Harvard with you, I think she’s your equivalent even if she makes a fraction of your salary, and she is clearly as intelligent as you. And in my opinion, the same is true in reverse so again, I know people who are intellectual equals but the man makes less money.
You’d be surprised by the number of women who go to elite schools, get advanced degrees and then actually switch to something with an easier schedule.
So again, my friend’s older sister is now a SAHM, and before that she was a teacher, but guess what, she and her husband both have engineering degrees and that is how they met…she didn’t switch until they married.
So I don’t know where your friend’s wife went to college, but if they went to school together or went to similar schools and she went into a lower paying profession, she is still cut from the same cloth and his equal.
Marrying a teacher or a nurse isn’t the same as marrying a hairdresser or a waitress or a salesgirl (but some of those women went to good schools too)…

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:38:43 +0000

@ Nicole #85

“So it also should be said that while men don’t marry women for their income potential, they do usually marry their EDUCATIONAL and ACADEMIC equivalents. I don’t know of any of my college classmates who are married to women who aren’t college grads”
Not from what I have observed. I know a male patent attorney who is married to a first grade teacher. Both have college degrees; but their degrees are far from being equivalent. Not all degrees are created equal. So really, it boils down to people marrying just because the person they were dating graduated college. Most female college graduates still want a man who earns more. But we have a problem. Women graduates outnumber male graduates. So now, female graduates are placing less emphasis on education, and more on income. So now the female college edcuated teacher, nurse or social worker is more likely to marry the high school edcuated male small business owner, truck driver (median income higher than teachers), and skilled tradesmen.
Ladies, I know you have been conditioned to be politically correct; but it’s painfully obvious that most of you still want a man with an income larger than your own. Hypergamy is still alive and well. No amount of feminism will change your innate desire to mate with someone bigger, stronger and more financially successful than yourselves.

By: Coder-Girl

Coder-Girl — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:22:24 +0000

Whitney Hess, a 25-year-old software designer in Manhattan is going through this with men….because she prefers to date OLDER MEN. This is her problem. If she tried a YOUNGER MAN, he’d be IMPRESSED she’s working in software design. Do you know how impressive that is to a younger guy? Since younger guys are in the tech generation, grew up with computers, texting, and most know how to code games, ect.
Instead of being “threatened”, the majority of younger men would be PROUD of someone like Whitney Hess! They would even brag about her to their friends, which feels good if you’re a woman in Computer Science like Hess. Some advice to her: If she wants to date older men then she really doesn’t need to be shocked if they feel they need to be the successful partner in the relationship. Even men the same age can act like that, but younger men praise it. There are some older men that don’t mind but it’s generally really difficult for them. As long as they’re doing better than the woman, everything is GREAT. As long as he’s the winner, all is well, but when the woman suddenly does better than him, the problems set in.

By: realistic

realistic — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:24:15 +0000

Women want it “all”.. Of course, they will fail – the sheet wont fit on the bed – pull one way and it slips off the other – you may do better at work, and have a higher earning husband, but your friend who stays home and does well with the children will be your envy. This will be chronic…

Earn more than your man.. he is 5 times more likely to cheat on you.. That equals almost 100%~!

Figure out what you want – figure out how men fit.. Women/media/society has been emasculating men for the better part of 3 decades – expect things to get worse before they get better.

Good Luck!

By: Yibble Naught

Yibble Naught — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:08:50 +0000

“What women desire more nowadays is men who know how to turn them on sexually, which is something men can do only with their VOICES” – Collins

…or their eyes and smile, it’s very organic and complex depending on the two individuals. It works a lot like Hot Wheels toy cars work. But this isn’t necessarily a good thing, men ought not to be objectified as tools of sex for women. If a woman cannot first and foremost appreciate a guy for his brain, his compassion, his manhood, his leadership, his service or any other qualities of the soul, then she isn’t worth his time.

A man’s food is the opportunity to work, to serve, to build, to lead. When he does those things his soul is fed. Perhaps this is what the proud and successful women do not grasp about their men. If he lacks those opportunities he will either sulk or move-on.

Turning a woman on has nothing to do with soulish qualities, in-fact neurologically the brain systems at work are completely independent of the brain systems related to spending quality time together, enduring challenges together, or even cuddling together on the couch. Arousing a woman is transient and fleeting and serves only as a catalyst to pair-bonding (not as a replacement as Collins implies).

Speaking from personal experience here, believe me there is such a thing as becoming sick-to-death of sex with a beautiful woman whom you love and has all the features you love. It gets to the point where you’ll do anything to avoid it and you crave some affirmation from her not in any way related to sex. In a relationship when she tells you you are the best sex she’s ever had it’s not a compliment it’s a burden. Men want to please a woman in soulish ways far more than in sexual ways and they are willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish those goals. Well, that describes me anyway.

Try not to be naive Collins, the conservatives decrying a modern liberal society have a point too. Don’t throw the baby out with the bath-water. Some good things have been lost due to ignorance, hurt, selfishness, myopia, and irresponsibility.

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 04:41:22 +0000

When you ladies get yourselves all figured out, let me know what you decide on. In the mean time, my wife makes 1/3 what I do (and is perfectly happy with it because we are a team) because she stayed home with the kids, who are happy and well-adjusted and will both get full ride scholarships in college. Both boys will be high earners and will marry well and be good, committed fathers and kind, respectful husbands. Hope you fare as well and don’t feel guilt for your self-centeredness.

Cheers,
Charles

By: adam

adam — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:20:03 +0000

See, the problem here is that a lot of men, like myself, wouldn’t feel threatened by it at all. I currently make around $40,000 a year. Not much, I know. If i were to meet a girl I liked who made $100,000 a year, I wouldn’t care, but she most likely would. I’ve talked to girls about this time and again and they all agree that a man should make as much or more than her or it just isn’t going to work out. They have spending habits that are different, they can travel more, etc. THAT is where the problem is. Look, if you want to be equal, treat us like it’s okay to make less, which is how men have always been told it is with women. I don’t expect a woman to make less than me, but I do expect her not to reject me just because I can’t go to Europe six times a year.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:08:37 +0000

Women outnumber men in college, so how will women marry their academic equivalent? I think I have the answer: Women will stop looking for their academic equivalent, and they will focus solely on finding a man with a larger income. So the female high school teacher earning 40k will shack-up with the high school educated contractor who earns 75k. Either way, women will still cling to their biological programming. No amount of feminism will change that. Sadly, low income men will not fare well in the future. High income women will also have issues. But their issues will pale in comparison to the issues that low income men will face.

Looks like feminists were wrong, and gender roles were not socially constructed after all. Enjoy the ride, suckers!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:15:54 +0000

This article proves that women only want equality when it benefits them and never when it doesn’t. I don’t think most men have a problem with a woman making more money than them (I certainly don’t) but I do believe most women have a problem with a man that makes less than them.

Feminists need to remember that for every positive thing they “think” they are accomplishing for women there is also a negative thing for women as well. The reason for this is because there is only two genders on this planet and neither one can survive without the other. If women want to be the breadwinners then they are going to have to get used to lots of social changes that to most people will just seem really awkward.

For instance, males will begin to expect females to ask them out instead. The reason for this is because males are not going to want to appear greedy by asking a wealthy girl to take him out on a date. He will expect her to take him out if she likes him.

Males will expect females to pay for all the dates and propose marriage with an expensive engagement ring as a sign of their financial competence of being a suitor for him and their future children together that he will be raising while she’s off working. It’s going to turn into a choice for him to work or stay at home as most women will be expected to be the main breadwinner.

Females will also have to accept that males will be granted custody of their children more often in order to raise them while the female is expected to go off to work and provide financial support to her ex-husband and her children that she won’t get to see as often as she’d like.

Women’s liberty?! More like women’s enslavement! Welcome to hell ladies, hope you enjoy your stay. I doubt men will be foolish enough to ever give you the opportunity to go back to the way things were once they see how much better it is by having women slaving away for them in the labor force. Yep, feminism is driving women straight towards a world of social slavery, and as a man – I’m not complaining at all. LOL!