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Are Career Women Motivated by Finding Elite Mates?

Nuncle

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What do people think of Chase's theory that the subconscious impulse driving ambitious career women is that if they move in elite circles they will find elite mates?

I am a big fan of evolutionary psychology (and loved Chase's explanation of the impulse behind murder-suicide) but this one is pretty out there!

Hope I read the article right.
 
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Drck

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It sounds good, but what does it mean “elite mates”? If she is really career oriented she will probably seek Beta male, someone who is “below” her, but note that everything (including the Beta) is rather relative. For example, she can get into a group of lawyers or doctors. These are in Alpha position to most other positions, such as law clerks or nurses.

Now, she might be truly bright and be in leading (Alpha) position of those groups, meaning that those guys (attorneys or doctors) will be Betas in comparison to her. So they are Betas but still “elite mates”, relatively speaking.

Will she seek someone more dominant? Probably. For sure. The thing is, that since she is in higher/elite circles and (assuming that she is hot) thus she has many choices. Why would she settle down with one guy? In those circles you probably won’t find one particular guy who is true “elite mate”. There are simply bunch of different guys where one might not be “better” than others, rather they are “different”.

I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s married to Beta male, some guy who is taking care of her kids and household, guy who is on lower position than she is – while at the same time she’s having flings with other males. It is not about one “elite mate”, rather it is about many different and good options that she has. She has a great care taker in her house, she can provided enough by herself, and she can meet and fling with bunch of other quality males…

There are also many other factors to consider, for example religion, morals, and the way she was raised (e.g. family oriented). She might always desire other great males, she might get excited and horny while around them, but if she is also religious and bases her marriage on being faithful, it would be impossible for those guys to “get her”, just because of the fact that she has strong conservative morals (meaning not fucking around)…

So it all depends…
 
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