I think that matters as well but i think it is undeniable that as women gain more wealth, gain more ability to build and maintain their 'own nest' without NEEDING a man, that women get more and more less willing to settle and more and more picky.
Ask yourself why someone like Sophia Vargara above, someone who has made so much money that she could partner with any man of any wealth level (say a school teacher) and they would never suffer an ounce of income or wealth insecurity and yet she feels, that even if he was a soul mate type love, it would still be a "nightmare" where she would end up "resenting" him.
Men have done for the thousands of years. Rich men marry waitresses or menial job holders, and then let them stop working, even if they have no kids and those men do not resent those women. This elevates society over all as it uplifts one poorer person.
The path women are talking, being increasingly choosing of equal or superior wealth men only will only result in society becoming even more stratified between rich and poor.
Varga does not say this because she is evil or a gold digger (she has her own gold) and may not realize this is an evolution extinct at play in her, that drives her to unvoluntarily to feel this way. A driving need to seek males who can provide the nest and safety, as the way to judge their worthiness.
Sofia Vergara is comfortably in the top 0.1% of Americans when it comes to networth. She's not representative in any way of the average american woman.
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The median net worth of an american household in 2023 was just $192,084. Since the median cost of a house in the U.S. is over $450,000 in 2025, I think it's clear that most households don't fully own their own homes.
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