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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Clooney Effect: Men Increasingly Seeking Out More Independent, Self-Reliant, Educated Women
For millennia, a woman's value in a marriage was largely limited to birthing children and caring for a household. That's changed now, and men's desires have changed accordingly. Men want their wivespartners, reallyto be much more independent, with lives and careers outside of the home.
As the Clooney Effect's name suggests, it's George who gained from marrying the beautiful, smart, independent Amal. One commenter at Time summed it up nicely after the couple made their first post-marriage appearance at this year's Golden Globes, "We always thought that she was the woman who finally snared George Clooney, but its the other way around. And were all better off for it." But, according to Fisher's findings, many men aren't just looking for their equals but perhaps their superiors. The vast majority87 percentsaid they would date a woman who makes more money, is more intellectual, and is better educated than they are.
Women, for their part, seem to be looking for their equals: 86 percent want a partner who is as intelligent as they are. Additionally, 55 percent aren't willing to support their partner financially, and 61 percent claim not being as intelligent as them is an automatic deal-killer, according to the Match.com findings. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/02/the-clooney-effect/386018/?utm_source=SFTwitter
niyad
(113,527 posts)SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)I was doing this when George was still starring in Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes 2.
Only you can knock "beauty" down the list. Smart, independent, happy, funny, and if she happens to be cute all the better.
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Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Jackpine Effect. I'm just glad I got a 50-year head start on figuring that one out.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)is he really that much of a catch?
msongs
(67,433 posts)was fighting with another self-reliant woman over a ... man lol
trumad
(41,692 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)About a third to a half of humans tend to introversion, roughly half of them are men.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)"do you really want to make babies with her son"? He ended up marrying a very well educated, cultured independent woman. Love her to death and so has he for over 30 years.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)seems like she was sort of a celebrity already