They say men are from Mars and women are from Venus, and the differences between the sexes do often seem to be worlds apart. Interestingly, scientists now say that a lot of that has to do with the way male and female brains are hard-wired; but changing social mores also play a significant role. Since the dawn of feminism in the 1960s (actually much earlier than that, but for simplicity we’ll use the ‘60s when “the times, they were a changin’”), women have been pushing for an equal seat at life’s table (especially in the corporate board room). The feminine revolution has turned and twisted still-changing gender roles and expectations — for men as well as women. The ongoing metamorphosis has changed what women are looking for in a partner and what women want from a man when they are dating.
Based on a Rutgers University study of 5,200 single people ages 21 to 65 conducted for Match.com, here are some of the things a modern woman wants from her main man:
- Women place greater value on independence than men. Even when in a committed relationship, women want time to themselves to pursue their own interests or go out with the girls.
- Women are choosier than men about their companions. Men were more flexible about their partner’s ethnicity and religion than women.
- The study showed men are more interested in marriage than women, a finding questioned by some leading sociologists and psychologists.
- When couples move in together, women are more likely to favor separate checking accounts or maintain a separate account of their own in addition to a joint account.
- The closer women get to the end of their fertile years, the less interested they are in having children. The study found that while 27% of men ages 35 to 44 wanted to have children, only 16% of women in that age range were interested in parenthood.
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Opinions are split on how “happy” singles actually are and whether they really enjoy being single or have simply run out of options and decided to settle for second best. Hollywood seems to vote on the side of happily ever after, despite its heavy investment in movies that appear to champion the friends-with-benefits single life. A recent example is the Ashton Kutcher movie, “No Strings Attached,” where Natalie Portman plays medical resident Emma who has embraced singledom, eschewing the complications of romantic entanglement in favor of no-obligation, feel-good sex. Eventually, though, Hollywood manages to end the film with the traditional boy-gets-girl cliché that has been feeding the romantic fantasies of the public since the first strip of celluloid was cranked through a camera.
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