It’s a man’s world out there, so whatever you do in life, remember to always look like a lady, think like a man, and work like a dog.” Or in other words, apply yourself at school, and work hard at your job, but to cover all your bases, it might be a good idea to marry a man who can support you. A bit of the trophy and the businesswoman combined might just be the best solution.
As Elizabeth Ford Daniela Drake, M.D. In the article Smart Girls Marry Money, wrote on Forbes - “After attending a few class reunions we noticed many lady lawyers, doctors and M.B.A.s were still slaving after 40, while lots of less brainy gals were taking long vacations from their day jobs, shopping at Prada and enjoying more than their fair share of hot-stone massages.”
We asked ourselves: “Why are these women faring better than the smart chicks?”
We asked ourselves: “Why are these women faring better than the smart chicks?”
Since we think of ourselves as smart girls, here’s the bottom line: Find your fortune while you’re young and marry a man with money.
This is what we call the Gold-Digging Imperative –”The GDI.”
We don’t think “gold-digging” should be frowned upon. Why, we wonder, does society applaud a girl who falls for a guy’s big blue eyes yet denounces one who chooses a man with a big green bankroll?
This is what we call the Gold-Digging Imperative –”The GDI.”
We don’t think “gold-digging” should be frowned upon. Why, we wonder, does society applaud a girl who falls for a guy’s big blue eyes yet denounces one who chooses a man with a big green bankroll?
Many women look at this attitude as shocking and it’s as if feminism never happened. Many women find it insulting to men and it cheapens women, it makes them look as if they are for sale for the price of a pair of Gucci shoes. What’s interesting about the new breed of gold digger is that they tend to be well-educated and come from good families. The feminist movement is what gave women to the ability to provided and do for themselves rather than just expect a guy to buy or take care of them. For this reason many women find gold diggers nothing more then prostitutes, willing to sale themselves for money and things.
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The Women's movement effected change in Western society, including women's suffrage, the right to initiate divorce proceedings and "no fault" divorce, the right of women to make individual decisions regarding pregnancy (including access to contraceptives and abortion), and the right to own property. It has also led to broad employment for women at more equitable wages, and access to university education.
SWANS (Strong Women Achievers, No Spouse) find it difficult to meet an honest partner because high achieving successful men seem to have a preference for young, attractive women who will pamper and support them. These men don’t want to be reminded of work when they finally unwind at the end of a long day. They are not interested in hard core SWANS who in turn find it difficult to marry less successful men and who would rather remain single than marry down themselves. Thus, given the fact that the corporate workplace is still very much a man’s world, even if these self-made women can pride themselves in their career achievements, are they in fact sacrificing too much for too little in return?
SWANS (Strong Women Achievers, No Spouse) find it difficult to meet an honest partner because high achieving successful men seem to have a preference for young, attractive women who will pamper and support them. These men don’t want to be reminded of work when they finally unwind at the end of a long day. They are not interested in hard core SWANS who in turn find it difficult to marry less successful men and who would rather remain single than marry down themselves. Thus, given the fact that the corporate workplace is still very much a man’s world, even if these self-made women can pride themselves in their career achievements, are they in fact sacrificing too much for too little in return?
In the cultural history of the United States, the idea of the self-made man is considered the cultural ideal, yet for women it is still a very difficult task, with very few of the fortune five hundred being women. In a report published last month by Barclays Wealth Management, economists predicted that there will be more female millionaires in the UK than men by the year 2020, and less than one in four of these will have acquired their wealth through marrying a rich man. Yet, persistently, the ones we are really interested in are the ones who have married wealth.
Dr Sheila Keegan, a psychologist with the social-research consultancy Campbell Keegan Ltd, believes she has seen a shift in our attitude to the gold digger lately. "Historically, almost the only way for women to get wealthy was to marry well," she says. "Then came the feminist era when women were supposed to do it for themselves, and they despised the dependent woman. But now we seem to be in a post-feminist era when there isn't that worthiness and sensitivity there was in the 1960s and 1970s because equality is just assumed, and on that basis there's more acceptance of women who want to marry a wealthy man."
Understand what a gold digger is, and is not. There's nothing wrong with a person being concerned about your financial stability. A long-term partnership means depending on each other through the ups and downs, and being financially reliable does help with that to a degree. The difference between a gold digger and someone who values your role as a provider is that the gold digger would perhaps leave you if you lost your ability to provide for them financially. A good person can appreciate your financial resources, but a gold digger appreciates only that, and will not see the relationship as worthwhile if you're not well off.
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The Radical Women Manifesto: Socialist Feminist Theory, defines Radical Women’s purpose and ideology as follows:
Radical Women is dedicated to exposing, resisting, and eliminating the inequities of women’s existence. To accomplish this task of insuring survival for an entire sex, we must simultaneously address ourselves to the social and material source of sexism: the capitalist form of production and distribution of products, characterized by intrinsic class, race, sex, and caste oppression. When we work for the revolutionary transformation of capitalism into a socialist society, we work for a world in which all people may enjoy the right of full humanity and freedom from poverty, war, racism, sexism, homophobia, antisemitism, and repression.
Radical Women is dedicated to exposing, resisting, and eliminating the inequities of women’s existence. To accomplish this task of insuring survival for an entire sex, we must simultaneously address ourselves to the social and material source of sexism: the capitalist form of production and distribution of products, characterized by intrinsic class, race, sex, and caste oppression. When we work for the revolutionary transformation of capitalism into a socialist society, we work for a world in which all people may enjoy the right of full humanity and freedom from poverty, war, racism, sexism, homophobia, antisemitism, and repression.
"Self-made woman" is a person who was born poor or otherwise disadvantaged, but who achieved great economic or moral success thanks to their own hard work and ingenuity rather than to any inherited fortune, family connections or other privilege. Only 14 of the world’s 1,226 billionaires are women who made their own money rather than inherited all or part of it.
The woman of today has definitely taken the world by storm, rising to challenge every opportunity that has come her way. She can stand with her head held high in self-esteem and pride, for her achievements have definitely scaled new levels. To say the least, women are cute and courageous, independent and brave, stylish and suave. Whether a gold digger or an independent self made women, just like with men there will always be those who strive for success on their own and there will be those who will seek an easier path.
The woman of today has definitely taken the world by storm, rising to challenge every opportunity that has come her way. She can stand with her head held high in self-esteem and pride, for her achievements have definitely scaled new levels. To say the least, women are cute and courageous, independent and brave, stylish and suave. Whether a gold digger or an independent self made women, just like with men there will always be those who strive for success on their own and there will be those who will seek an easier path.
Book Above - A Gold Digger's Guide (How to get what you want without giving it up) A Self-Help book for single, financially savvy women; It outlines how to dress, present yourself, what subjects to get educated in, and what type of places to visit in order to meet and attract wealthy men.
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