How do Successful Women make Successful Daters
Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel, Oprah, or our very own Mary Robinson. Powerful women have fast emerged from every corner of modern society as gender roles have shifted and the "alpha female" has come to the fore in our generation.
According to Harvard Business School e-publication "Working Knowledge" women now account for 35-45% of business school applicants and make up the majority of the undergraduate population at more than one American "Ivy League" college.
The BBC tells us that in the last 5 years, the average working week for women is half a day longer than that of 5 years ago.
Although just 24 of the World Fortune Top 1000 Companies have female CEOs it cannot be argued that there are now more powerful women on earth than ever before.
Fair enough, but in terms of dating, relationships and marriages what does that actually mean to us daters? Well, women may have become more powerful, ambitious and equal to their counterparts but that does not necessarily translate into there being more supportive, understanding potential men out there who can cope with the successes of the modern woman.
What is important to define here is what exactly we mean by the term "powerful". Polls on www.femininezone.com reveal that power should not equate to dominance. In other words, men are found to be attracted to women who are strong in certain aspects of their lives and have successful careers but if this translates as bossy or bolshie, the men say bye bye. According to Pulitzer Prize winner Maureen Dowd, "If there is one thing a man fears, it is a woman who uses her critical faculties".
Apparently it seems that a lot of successful women have recognised this trait in men for themselves and make efforts to underplay their own power. In one episode of Sex and the City, Harvard Law educated Miranda guises as a flight attendant, fearful that her position as a lawyer is making the men run scared.
For women in power the fear may be to be perceived as emasculated by their career, position, ambition etc but on the contrary, men tend to view powerful women as daring and sexy. Women can negate this however by acting like the man in a relationship or becoming aggressive, drinking, swearing or smoking too much.
The most important thing, as in any relationship is to have your own interests. If your partner is particularly successful at something he/she does it is important that you are or strive to be very good at something you do. A man that comes to mind is Martin McAleese. The qualified dentist has been ever-present with his wife Mary in presidential visits and an extraordinary support since her election in 1997. During the presidency of his wife, Dr Martin has been involved in forging links between loyalist paramilitaries and has helped persuade businessmen in the south to fund community projects in loyalist areas of the North for which he was awarded an honorary degree from The University of Ulster.
Other such examples include Carl Dean, successful businessman and husband to Dolly Parton, long term partner of Oprah Winfrey and successful speaker and writer, Stedman Graham, Tim Robbins who is married to Oscar winning fellow actor Susan Sarandon and....ahem ....Bill Clinton!??
According to Harvard Business School e-publication "Working Knowledge" women now account for 35-45% of business school applicants and make up the majority of the undergraduate population at more than one American "Ivy League" college.
The BBC tells us that in the last 5 years, the average working week for women is half a day longer than that of 5 years ago.
Although just 24 of the World Fortune Top 1000 Companies have female CEOs it cannot be argued that there are now more powerful women on earth than ever before.
Fair enough, but in terms of dating, relationships and marriages what does that actually mean to us daters? Well, women may have become more powerful, ambitious and equal to their counterparts but that does not necessarily translate into there being more supportive, understanding potential men out there who can cope with the successes of the modern woman.
What is important to define here is what exactly we mean by the term "powerful". Polls on www.femininezone.com reveal that power should not equate to dominance. In other words, men are found to be attracted to women who are strong in certain aspects of their lives and have successful careers but if this translates as bossy or bolshie, the men say bye bye. According to Pulitzer Prize winner Maureen Dowd, "If there is one thing a man fears, it is a woman who uses her critical faculties".
Apparently it seems that a lot of successful women have recognised this trait in men for themselves and make efforts to underplay their own power. In one episode of Sex and the City, Harvard Law educated Miranda guises as a flight attendant, fearful that her position as a lawyer is making the men run scared.
For women in power the fear may be to be perceived as emasculated by their career, position, ambition etc but on the contrary, men tend to view powerful women as daring and sexy. Women can negate this however by acting like the man in a relationship or becoming aggressive, drinking, swearing or smoking too much.
The most important thing, as in any relationship is to have your own interests. If your partner is particularly successful at something he/she does it is important that you are or strive to be very good at something you do. A man that comes to mind is Martin McAleese. The qualified dentist has been ever-present with his wife Mary in presidential visits and an extraordinary support since her election in 1997. During the presidency of his wife, Dr Martin has been involved in forging links between loyalist paramilitaries and has helped persuade businessmen in the south to fund community projects in loyalist areas of the North for which he was awarded an honorary degree from The University of Ulster.
Other such examples include Carl Dean, successful businessman and husband to Dolly Parton, long term partner of Oprah Winfrey and successful speaker and writer, Stedman Graham, Tim Robbins who is married to Oscar winning fellow actor Susan Sarandon and....ahem ....Bill Clinton!??
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