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The Value of Money

The Value of Money

I have said this for the longest time, if you are a woman and you live in a first world country, you are effectively playing life on easy mode. Surprisingly enough i get some women who agree with me, but more often then not many tend to get upset with me because they tend to not know what that means.

It really boils down to 2 main aspects.

1. If you are a woman society doesn't expect much out of you.
Now this may seem like a massive disadvantage but it really isn't. This may not count for individual people but for society as a whole. Expectations when it comes to women are incredibly low. No one expects you to be ambitious, which is why it's such a big deal when a woman gains a high position of power, and women are generally never seen as a real threat or even malicious hence the notion of Never hit a Woman, false rape accusations being thought of as lies by many or even the idea of a woman raping a man as ridiculous

To put it simply, Society doesn't expect much out of women which means they can get away with more.

and as a result of #1

2. There is next to no pressure on a woman to be "successful"

Save like a decade or so ago, there was no real pressure for women to make it big in the business world. Now I'm not saying that there aren't women who didn't want to or even made it big in their fields. But for them it was mostly optional and not a requirement for them to do so. The pressure wasn't there so they could afford to be more flexible, more creative in whatever field they were doing and make a name for themselves.

Now why am i mentioning both of these? well it's to highlight how difficult things can be for men in both of these aspects.

Society expects everything out of men, they are to be the movers, the shakers, the leaders, the defenders the foundation that keeps our society afloat, and as such they are held to a much, much higher standard then women are. No hitting a woman, if you cheat you're a monster, if SHE cheats on you it's your fault. If the woman accuses you of rape you are guilty Full Stop. if she rapes you? You are laughed out of the police station and chalked up as the wimp of the week.

But most importantly you are expected to be successful, and what is the greatest indicator of your success? Money.

The Value of Money

Sorry for the long drawn out explanation but i needed to lay the ground work for this and why some men think the way they do.

Some how in someway, men seem to have it in their heads that they must be successful or they are worthless and to many that success come in the form of money.

Money to get women, money to get the freedom to travel, money to show your success, you must have money to be happy, and of course many come to the conclusion that More money=More happiness, which is why so many men these days are wary of Gold-digger type women or even think that women are hardwired to only chase after men with lots of money, and this is often hammered into our skulls at a young age. That men need a lot of money to be happy and to even be seen as of any value, and for a while i was like this too. I kept telling myself i couldn't start dating because there was no way in hell a woman would go out with someone that makes less then 20k a year.

Now there are many who will tell you that money isn't everything and you might just scoff them off, HOWEVER there may be more precedent to this then one may think. In a 2010 study done by Princeton university found that money can bring happiness, however that happiness is capped at roughly $75,000 a year, with any higher offering very diminishing returns.

This puts a lot into perspective about how money plays into ones happiness and how much value it actually has, and more men are starting to realize this with many taking on part time jobs and finding other means to make up the difference, some opting to even be a stay at home dad and let the wife pursue her career. This also explains why many women despite having all the opportunities in the world, still opt to only do part time work and stick to being housewifes. If anything being a housewife or a stay at home dad is even more important when you realize just how stressful being the primary breadwinner can be even more so if you make more then the 75k mentioned.

The point I'm trying to make here is that money starts to lose it's value at a certain point Yes it's important to make money, you gotta feed yourself after all, but after a certain number is the money you make really worth the stress that comes with it? I would say no. No amount of cash is worth your mental and physical health, here's hoping more people wake up to this truth.

The Value of Money
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