Feminists always talk about equality.. yet when looking for a romantic partner.. they prefer a man who makes more MONEY than them.. or at least makes as much.
Women marry UP as much as possible.
Now how can any man take feminsm seriously when most women out their are still dong and expecting certain things to be like the pre-womens rights era? How many women are willing to support men and marry DOWN? Very few.
READ: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=420513&in_page_id=1879
2007-12-10 00:59:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Great article I like it! after reading that I think we should have a feminist amnesty day, they can hand in all their books and other propaganda and we will forgive them.
2007-12-10 01:19:27 · answer #1 · answered by Johno 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm a feminist. I don't necessarily want a ring. And if I do get one, it better be something so utterly cheap. Like a step up from a quarter machine ring. I would have no problem paying for a ring myself, or in conjunction with the person I'd marry. I'm not all about marriage that much anyways. Silliness really. I plan to get married eventually for benefits more than I do the actual love part. You can be in love and not be married.
2007-12-10 10:23:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha, the only time I read the Daily Mail is if I want a good laugh. Citing it as a souce is just as good as citing the National Enquirer as a source.
Anyway, I don't like jewelry. I told my fiance to not get me a ring, but he insists. But correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most women (assuming they're not some spoiled little brat in which daddy pays for everything) buy their husband's wedding ring as well?
As for "marrying down," it depends on what you mean. Is he making less money because he has less of an education, or because it just so happens my career pays more? In the case of we have the same education, but my career just happens to pay more, then that is fine.
2007-12-10 11:06:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the locality. UK information is different than other areas. Women I know do take the initiative more often than before, regardless of income. I've received "engagement watches, bracelets, rings," etc. But somehow not even thermal socks can rid me of cold feet. Must be the loner in me.
2007-12-10 09:11:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
i am your average female. My female friends are also fairly average in terms of their backgrounds and professions, and three that i can think of are dating/engaged to unemployed men who they basically support. i don't encourage anyone to date/marry someone they have to support (unless children are involved, in which case there is nothing wrong with one party staying home while the other works), but i see both men AND women falling head over heels for irresponsible mooches. it happens equally to men and to women. i truly believe that. only a select group of men and women still live under the assumption that men MUST support women. actually, statistically, women don't marry "up"--men and women USUALLY marry someone within their economic class. obviously, this is not always the case, as my friends are good examples of people who dated "down," but nine times out of ten, like stays with like.
2007-12-10 10:38:18 · answer #5 · answered by Kinz 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We've answered this question several times now. My engagement ring was my mothers- so I did. The Wedding rings we choose and paid for together. In fact since a mens' ring of the same design usually costs more than the womans', I paid more.
2007-12-10 11:24:22 · answer #6 · answered by professorc 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You really think that women who want to marry up and their prospective husband buy the ring are feminists??!!
I think that you are getting confused between materialistic women who want everything their way, and feminists - there IS a difference. You cannot use the words women and feminists interchangeably - most women ARE NOT feminists and some men define as feminists.
The article is such a load of cack. If women are so terrified of being left and more likely to 'take him back' why are most divorces instigated by women?
In hunter gatherer societies women and children gather far more food than the men hunt, they also share it out more fairly.
2007-12-10 09:17:24 · answer #7 · answered by Ellesar 6 · 6⤊ 3⤋
I'm not a fan of feminism in any way, but I think you went a bit over the line here.
Not all women are like that, not at all. Maybe the feminists themselves are, but not all women.
My wife was willing to marry me when I made less than her (and still do), she picked her wedding ring and it was far less expensive than many of the others around, though I did pay for it.
2007-12-10 09:03:33 · answer #8 · answered by Yun 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I did.
I never changed my maiden name.
And, I totally resented the government's regulation of bedroom activities by the simple registry of "marriage," an antiquated system of patriarchal control.
My Beloved had to make all the arrangement with the Clerk & the Judge!
He did not lose any of his masculinity with my assertion of my rights.
During the course of our union, I supporting him as he supported me. We were both building trades journeymen and were able to seek employment at will.
He's been dead for 20 years and there's none like him.
2007-12-10 10:21:31 · answer #9 · answered by Mary N 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I know women that have bought their own ring.
It's just they way things are done. The man buys the woman a ring and asks for marrage. If you strongly love someone tell them how you feel and purchase only wedding bands from a joint account. My feeling the woman is just going to say you are cheap.
It sounds like your not a happy person and want to marry a rich woman. Well go find her, she's out there somewhere.
2007-12-10 09:11:42 · answer #10 · answered by DJ Cam 4 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Women are less willing to support another adult. I'm surprised than men have been willing, if not eager, for this long.
2007-12-10 09:29:47 · answer #11 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋