If a woman had more money than you would it bother you?

As many men have the primitive tendency to lean towards the "I man, I provide for weak woman" mindset, I believe you'll get a lot of men saying yes I would mind, as men should always provide for women. This show of machismo is still surprisingly prevalent in society, and many men will feel intimidated by a professional, high-achieving woman who ears a lot more than they do. Men need to realise that long gone are the days of a man taking down a 16ft wooly mammoth with nothing but a sharp stick and his testosterone but men and women are now on an equal playing field in terms of providing for their families/partners/etc.

You say that like it is a conscious choice. I agree that it isn't a problem if a woman earns more than me but people who is does bother don't choose to think this. Just because men aren't required to provide anymore doesn't mean all men will lose the instinct and drive to be the provider.

If you can convince her to marry you then that's free money for you, right? Nothing wrong with that.

It isn't a conscious choice, I agree. It's more a product of the collective mind of society, especially amongst more traditional members. I don't think they should lose the drive to provide, but I don't think that they should be threatened to enter a relationship with a woman whose means of providing are stronger.

Unfortunately that is something they have to decide themselves. If they really can't handle not being the provider they probably shouldn't be in a relationship with someone who earns more money. It is easy to trivialise instincts like this and say they aren't what a relationship is about but to some people they are a big deal and the only person qualified to say what is important in their relationship is them.

I actually think biological differences between males and females plays at least as much of a part as social conditioning, in my experience in my generation there really isn't any pressure for men to provide more than women however there are still many guys who want to. I think instinctively many guys see the ability to provide for people is a viewed as a measure of a mans worth whether they are told it to be the case or not. It is hardly a surprise that a brain designed and conditioned to survive in cave and hunt animals hasn't completely adjusted to
modern societies needs.