Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: October 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780743290395
Subjects: Women's Studies - General; Gender Psychology; Family & Relationships; Love / Sex / Marriage; Family/Marriage; Marriage; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Family & Relationships / Marriage; Love & Romance; Mate selection; Successful people; Women in the professions
Description: For years, it's been "common knowledge" that men are intimidated by a woman's career success, preferring docile helpmates to ambitious achievers. That women are biologically driven to seek a strong provider. That the higher a woman's IQ, the less likely she is to marry, let alone have babies ... leaving single, successful women to ask themselves: Are men intimidated by smart women? Here, sociologist Whelan shatters the myth that high-achieving women are at a disadvantage in the marriage market. The millions of American SWANS (Strong Women Achievers, No Spouse) marry at the same rates as all other women--and more income and education may in fact increase a woman's chances of marriage. 90% of high-achieving men surveyed want a woman who is as intelligent or more intelligent than they are, and two-thirds of men felt smart women make better mothers.--From publisher description.