Are men turned off by women with very high powered careers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Women like you pretend men are intimidated by them because it is too painful to confront the reality that men are turned off by your shrill, aggressive, obnoxious personality. Try being pleasant and agreeable for a change.

I'm a woman and for the most part I agree with this. Every woman I know who describes herself as intimidating to men is rude as can be.

[Anonymous]

It's not the high powered career that turns them off. It's the self importance and dismissive attitude that so many of them project.

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind that women don’t want to financially support men and they are known to “lose respect” for their husbands if they make more than them.

There just isn’t much to gain for a man by dating or marrying a high powered career woman. And women like this are invariable super picky because they feel entitled to a man who is at least a “successful” as she is.

[Anonymous]

No one cares about high powered women they are annoying

[Anonymous]

I doubt a woman like that would have time for me. I'm home by five most days. If it's a nice day, we're at the playground. If it's not so nice, we're inside playing games. I can't see a woman with those kinds of careers being able to participate much. I don't need your money, so what can you bring to the table if not your presence and your time?

[Anonymous]

I think she would make an ideal FWB. No time for a relationship and periodically just wants great sex with no commitment. And, she could pay her way on great trips.

[Anonymous]

Among the high earners at DH’s hedge fund, only one is a married woman with children and her husband is a SAHD. All the rest are men with SAHMs or part-time WOHMs. It’s just works better than juggling two “high-powered” careers and 2+ children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that women don’t want to financially support men and they are known to “lose respect” for their husbands if they make more than them.

There just isn’t much to gain for a man by dating or marrying a high powered career woman. And women like this are invariable super picky because they feel entitled to a man who is at least a “successful” as she is.

+1. I'm a high earning female. If I were single, I wouldn't be interested in men who make less in most cases. I don't want to feel like I'm wearing the pants in the relationship. Men should have the means and inclination to take control- in all facets of life.

[Anonymous]

Law partner here...most of my male partners have SAHWs. My husband makes more than I do. I sort of agree that I don’t think I’d find a guy attractive without career success. It doesn’t mean money, it means success in their chosen field.

[Anonymous]

I don't know any men who ever considered what kind of job a woman had when he was trying to decide if she should/would date her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Men- if you were single and over 40 and not interested in having kids (eithe rbecause you don’t want them or you already have them), would you find women with high powered careers appealing or off-putting? By high powered I mean: law firm partners, congresswoman, prominent journalist, hedge fund manager, that kind of thing: jobs that are demanding and in the public eye but not “feminine,” eg, not a successful model or interior decorator or event planner, but successful in male dominated fields.

I fear that men are intimidated by very successful women, or feel competitive, and often prefer women who are lower status than they are (independent of looks or age). Is this paranoid?

Depends how good their blow jobs are

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that women don’t want to financially support men and they are known to “lose respect” for their husbands if they make more than them.

There just isn’t much to gain for a man by dating or marrying a high powered career woman. And women like this are invariable super picky because they feel entitled to a man who is at least a “successful” as she is.

Nailed it. And then if you end up marrying them, they just cheat on you anyway and blame you before taking the house, kids and alimony.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
+1. I'm a high earning female. If I were single, I wouldn't be interested in men who make less in most cases. I don't want to feel like I'm wearing the pants in the relationship. Men should have the means and inclination to take control- in all facets of life.

lol

can't make this up

[Anonymous]

+1. I'm a high earning female. If I were single, I wouldn't be interested in men who make less in most cases. I don't want to feel like I'm wearing the pants in the relationship. Men should have the means and inclination to take control- in all facets of life.

and I'm the opposite. I'm invested in my career, although it is not high powered in a financial sense. Its a job that comes with travel, status and some public eye stuff and I would love to have a wonderful, chill SAHD as my partner. If I made another 100k a year, then I think DH would do that, maybe do some consulting or writing in his down time. Its very hard to have 2 career driven types if you also want a family.. often joke that we need a sister wife...

[Anonymous]

Not a turn off, but I'd be concerned that she'd be condescending towards someone with lower income.