Rise of the gold-digger: The young women who shamelessly pursue older men for their money

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2008-06-13 11:18

Article here. Excerpt:

"When did it become acceptable to be a gold-digger?

After all, isn't a woman who sleeps with a man for money - or at least for extensive use of his credit card - called something else?

But then, 'prostitute' doesn't have quite the same glamorous, diamond-encrusted platinum ring to it, does it?

A new French film opens in the UK this week called Priceless.

It tells the story of a woman who selects her mates entirely on the basis of the size of their wallets.

Who needs sexual chemistry when you can have cold hard cash?

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A man exists not as an equal partner in a kind, loving, relationship, but merely as someone to be fleeced for as much money as possible.

How depressing and how insulting to the millions of women who don't live their lives according to these mercenary rules."

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While it is clear that many women have adopted a predatory practicality about men(divorce, child support, and paternity fraud rackets represent a working-class form of gold-digging) -

one could argue there is a bit of hypocrisy in this article.

It takes two to play the gold-digging game, and the rich men who agree to be harvested by these "material girls" are in fact making a choice.

MRA's rightly criticize the pervasive "women are victims" propaganda in our culture and media; so, that criticism cuts both ways.

A man cannot be preyed upon by a gold-digger unless he is stupid, in love (redundant), or complicit in being manipulated.

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Submitted by Roy on Fri, 2008-06-13 15:21

Usually by the time a man reaches that point in his life he has lost those things that mean the most to him. His children, his first, or second love, we all know the story. Men at that point figure what the hell! At least with a gold digger they know what to expect. They have money, at this point meaning very little, and she has the honey! Due to the systems manipulations it is somewhat preordained. Women are easier to train, and manipulate, hence the amount of attention women get. But remember, hookers are at least honest about what they want for sex. I told my first wife who married me for my potential, that if she had sold it for seven years instead of manipulating me she would have had a hell of a lot more money to count than she ever got from me!

David A. DeLong

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Submitted by David A. DeLong on Sat, 2008-06-14 13:39