Guys: Would you date / marry a powerful woman?
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Yeah, I probably would. I don't think there's room for problems, since I'm quite a laissez faire (or however you spell that) guy. I don't feel the need to be in control of anyone or to be controlled. In fact, I tend to have problems with women who need guidance/authority. Ok, I'd probably draw the line at attempts to exercise said power over me.
Of course, why wouldn't I? I would never accept anyone that wasn't intelligent and wealth is just a bonus, it gives us freedom.
I wouldn't want to date a celebrity, but the other examples seem just fine, as long as the businesswoman isn't too occupied with her work.
I wouldn't want to date a celebrity, but the other examples seem just fine, as long as the businesswoman isn't too occupied with her work.
Powerful - as in successful? Sure, why not.
Powerful - as in She-Hulk? OH GOD NO.
I like the arrangement of my vertebrae..
Powerful - as in She-Hulk? OH GOD NO.
I like the arrangement of my vertebrae..
I'd still want to feel like I'm some kind of useful, but I'd like a relationship with role reversed personalities, where she had the provider role and I had the caretaker role. My parents were a teacher and a daycare provider, I like kids, and I'm sensitive. I've never felt emasculated once because I've never cared about my masculinity. Unfortunately though I've found tough women want even tougher men, so it rarely works out that way. Just like how most guys will feel uncomfortable when they lose the provider role despite what they say, most women don't really want the sensitive, despite what they say.
That is exactly how I am, so I guess it would go pretty well.pulse2 said:
So yes, I would marry a powerful woman.
I'm still trying to grasp my head around my personal concept of love (teenage lovelives and all of that irritating bullcrap, with annoying hormones and everything else that likes to screw around with my emotions 
), though while it may seem like I'm speaking idealistically and ignorantly, I'd honestly still date/marry that said woman if I did truly love her.
:/ Though my opinion doesn't really hold a lot of salt, so just take it as you may. I'd honestly like to hear Lara Crigger's take on this.
), though while it may seem like I'm speaking idealistically and ignorantly, I'd honestly still date/marry that said woman if I did truly love her.:/ Though my opinion doesn't really hold a lot of salt, so just take it as you may. I'd honestly like to hear Lara Crigger's take on this.
Yeah I'd be cool with it. As long as she has the decency to treat me as equal (at least in private settings), I see no reason why it couldn't work.
I couldn't see a problem if my g/f was more successful or more motivated than me, in fact her job pays more than mine anyway but if she ever made enough money for me to quit work and be a kept man that would be fantastic, I could do some tidying in the morning and play the playstation all afternoon, hell id even learn to cook lol
Depends.
In my experience, relationships can hit a snag really fast if the people involved have very different social standing and/or backgrounds. I'm not saying it can't work, but I think you have to work much harder at it, and be willing to suffer a lot of abuse from people you assumed were your friends. Social standing means a lot more than people are usually willing to admit.
In my experience, relationships can hit a snag really fast if the people involved have very different social standing and/or backgrounds. I'm not saying it can't work, but I think you have to work much harder at it, and be willing to suffer a lot of abuse from people you assumed were your friends. Social standing means a lot more than people are usually willing to admit.
My relationship is a bit like this and it's fine with me. We both get certain amounts of attention in our own scenes but when we both arrive at a party or function I know exactly who everybody is staring at, and photographers come up all the time wanting pictures of her. Quite comfortable with all this, after all it's what I signed up for, but even if it wasn't it wouldn't bother me.pulse2 said:
Heck if I had the love of such a woman, I'd fall down on my knees and thank God and His angels because I am definately experiencing a miracle.
Not at all, I would actually prefer it, seeing as I am rather submissive and wouldn't do much if there wasn't someone to motivate me. Just as long as she doesn't run me into the ground or completely disregard my opinions then I'm fine with a powerful and strong woman.
As for the media, I wouldn't mind it but if they push me out of the way to get at her then they will find that while my fuse is pretty long forcefully moving me away from someone I want to be around burns through it rather quickly. There just may be broken cameras involved even more if they are obviously causing her distress.
As for the media, I wouldn't mind it but if they push me out of the way to get at her then they will find that while my fuse is pretty long forcefully moving me away from someone I want to be around burns through it rather quickly. There just may be broken cameras involved even more if they are obviously causing her distress.
I honestly think this is more an issue in Hollywood... it's a TV Trope.pulse2 said:
And I think it has a basis in fact - but mostly from the previous generation.
Pretty much everyone 30 and under has grown up in a world where women have had at least some positions of power and thus are more used to the idea.
Remember - the Baby Boomers are a very insecure group - they have all sorts of neuroses about control and gender and so-forth. I think the women in power thing is one of them, and I think it is an issue that the current generation has a lot less than the Baby Boomers do.
Also, if it does still exist, I think you'll find it muted on a gaming site - generally a more socially liberal group of people (due to fighting for game rights if nothing else) than the rest of the population.
It would only be an issue if she held it over me. My cousin was a very good engineer, but his wife was a bank executive and brought in a lot more revenue so he stayed at home and raised the kids. It just made sense and they've been happily married for over twenty years now.
