This story is viral on twitter right now with everyone chiming in.

Lots of people saying that men don’t want career women with advanced degrees.

Which is true from an attraction standpoint. Female success is not as attractive to men as male success is to women.

That said, I’ve noticed that every elite man I know has a stay at home wife with a masters degree.

The subtext being something like

“I’m such a big winner that even though she had a good career. It still didn’t make sense for her to work because I am just crushing it so hard. So now she stays home with the kids and makes sure they are raised well.”

Elite men seek this, because not only is the woman beautiful, but also intelligent and accomplished.

This arrangement sets his children up for success, gives him an intellectually stimulating person to talk to and confers status on him.

I think women often get confused by this, because society has told them these achievements are the goal in and of themselves.

Which they can be for some women.

But they’re not when it comes to landing commitment from a unicorn man. Unicorn meaning 6ft, multi millionaire, high status, fit, handsome.

So as a woman if you want to play the game straight up because it’s intrinsically satisfying then go for it, but know that in elite circles there’s always a game within a game being played.

And that’s usually the real game.