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The real answare is a bit more complicated, yet at girl will date a guy who is equal or better than her in attractiveness, personality etc..
If he is not, then he needs to brig other assets to the table, like better income, name or prestige etc..
Girls do follow their feelings, but there feelings are subconsciously influence by a great many things, like income, name or prestige, looks etc.. In the end, we all want the best we can get, and will compromise with one thing if it's equalised and suparsed by other good traits.
In this men and women are alike, what we values and how much emphasis we put on each values is however different, not just between men and women, but also based on culture, class and individual preferences.
I think there is a disconnect between: "Would you under any circumstances date a man who makes less than you," and "Would you date this particular man right here, who makes less than you?"
It is a fact of life that women *prefer but do not categorically exclude* men who are more successful than themselves.
Success is correlated with intelligence, education, socioeconomic factors, and ambition.
I do not think most women would just outright reject an ambitious man with the same degree-level as them, who is clearly striving to advance.
But do women with advanced degrees marry plumbers, electricians?
Now that's a rare sight.
The fact that many girls prefer a guy who earns more is a little sexist. It doesn’t matter what kind of career he has; it all matters if he LIKES his job. To me, a guy who earns more usually has an excuse to boss you around and try to dominate you. I’m not a feminist but I was raised in a family where both my mom and dad earned equal amounts of money (mostly my mom earned more).
I don’t want a man to earn more than me, and it has nothing to do with feminism or hatred towards men. I just simply don’t feel right if I earn less. That’s all
As long as he's a good person who treats me right and wants to improve himself, I don't care if he earns less than me. In the beginning of the relationship, my partner paid for almost everything. But once I finish med school, I'll be earning 10x what he makes and that's fine with me. Money can influence comfort and security but it isn't everything.
My boyfriend earns less than me. Technically, he doesn't even have a job, he volunteers part time and gets Jobseeker's Allowance to supplement income. It doesn't bother me that he earns less, I only recently started working after all, and I know he's trying to find a job, but I have to admit it's stressful not having much income.
It doesn’t matter. I’m not the type to believe a man is solely responsible for paying certain or all the bills. Whatever makes it easier for us
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Your three options above are a bit conclusive so I'm not going to participate in the poll if that's ok.
I don't mind if a man earns less than me as long as he can still fund his own lifestyle. I don't mind earning more or less, and I always offer to pay my half or take turns paying on dates, but I do not want someone that DEPENDS on me and my income.
Depends on the circumstances.
If he's working at McDicks full time and has no plans on continuing/starting his post secondary education, probably not. We should both be relatively equal contributors to finances.
I would date a guy who earns less, but never a guy who earns nothing! As long as he is happy and loves what he does, I don't care about income! Motivation is more sexy than money!
I wouldn't mind being the breadwinner, it's how my family is currently set up, my mum being the breadwinner and my dad is essentially a house dad.
Income is far from the only criterium for a partner, so why not? In the country, I live in, especially highly-educated/high-income women are often single (as are low-income men).
Um... Feminism is equality for men and women. Not women are better than men. That would mean that it wouldn't make a difference whether a man makes more or less money than a woman. Just sayin.
How about I’m not a feminist and don’t give a fuck?
but when men earn higher earnings they start getting controlling and use money as a manipulative tool. vice versa.
I'd prefer a man to earn higher, just cos it makes life easier, but money does not affect who I date at all
It does not matter to mean, either way everything I earn and he earns, is going to be OURS. Only thing that will matter is our love, and God.
Why does money have to matter? I don't care. Me and my boyfriend make about the same amount but we don't worry about that.
As long as I don't always have to pay for everything and he offers to help, I don't care. I don't make nearly enough money to support two people
None of the above. I don't care, as long as he is independent. Realistically I will always earn more than my SO.
My boyfriend does make more than me but I honestly don't care that much. As long as we're both working, it's fine.
I mean, it would be nice if they earned more, but it’s not a deal breaker. As long as they’re helping financially, I’m happy
I would prefer if he earned more, but if I really like him, I won't care.
I don't care how much a guy I date makes as long as we are happy
Money isn't everything, nor would it mean anything to me if the guy earned less.
I wouldn't have problems to date a girl who makes more money than me.
Another biased poll.
What he makes doesn't concern me. More than me, or less than me, it doesn't matter. As long as we're both happy and healthy.
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