ipaddr 4 days ago

Vets, climate change scientists, doctors, environmental lawyers and athletics. Bonus points for trustfunds and influencers. Women want to make as much as men but also want their partner to make more than them.

Ever see a female doctor marrying a plumber or construction worker? No they marry Male doctors or lawyer of higher status.

  • triceratops 4 days ago

    > climate change scientists

    They aren't known for making a lot of money, but I guess "I'm saving the world" is an attractive quality in a mate.

  • mghackerlady 4 days ago

    Has it ever occurred to you that all those fields have one thing in common? it's empathy. The people in those positions tend to not be the kind to murder you when you say no. Not saying that's true for blue collar men, but the odds are significantly higher. Also doctors and lawyers naturally tend to be around doctors and lawyers, that's hardly the crazy observation you seem to think it is

    • ipaddr 4 days ago

      Not sure lawyers or climate scientists have more empathy then a middle age man who lives with his mother and cares for her while getting a disability check. But woman prefer the former.

      The answer is woman value status.

      Getting murdered is a hollywood / news fear that rarely happens. People should be worried about deadly things that happen often like cancer or heart attacks. Those are rarely the leading story on the nightly news.

      Programmers are around programmers but the rate they marry another programmer is much less. Even with a gender imbalance women programmers are not seeking male programmers like women doctors.

    • johnnyanmac 4 days ago

      Sure but that doesn't fit the notion of "being a software engineer is a turnoff".

johntarter 4 days ago

Bartenders, starving artists, musicians, and athletes?

  • mghackerlady 4 days ago

    They tend to have personality, which I and most women consider more important than looks or money in my experience

    • johnnyanmac 4 days ago

      I don't think most professional athletes are lauded for their "personality".

      The other 3, sure. Bartenders need to be good at talking to people to succeed, and artists need to be more eccentric (in a different way from nerds) for their own success.

  • linksnapzz 4 days ago

    Those are the ones they fool around with; not the ones they marry.

    • irishcoffee 4 days ago

      Ha yeah. “You’re a really interesting person and a great fuck, but you don’t make enough money for this to be serious”

      the same person, a short while later

      “Why doesn’t anyone love me!?”