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> It's interesting that men are more open minded than women and will gladly marry a woman who makes less money that he does.

Men are not more open-minded, they just on average place less importance on womens’s earning potential, largely due to both men and women being influenced by traditional gender roles in which the male is expected to be the sole or primary earner while earning income is a secondary-or-less-significant role for women, and indeed seeing it as an important selection criteria can be seen as an indication that a man is unable or unwilling to perform his expected role.



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