“But this conundrum remains: I want the protection and love of a man while maintaining my own alpha qualities. And I will never again hide or play down my success to appease anyone, especially not my partner.”— Shannon Lell, washingtonpost.comTagged: Double Standards, Dating, Economic Empowerment, Powerful Women, Ambitious Women
“Yet men are still expected to be protectors and providers. I’ll admit that I benefit from this dynamic. I love that men want to defend the ones they love with strength and fierce determination. I go weak in the knees when a man I’m seeing comes to rescue me from a broken pipe or possessed electronic…”— Shannon Lell, washingtonpost.comTagged: Double Standards, Dating, Economic Empowerment, Powerful Women, Ambitious Women
“I keep running up against this power dynamic in the dating world, and I blame our culture’s preoccupation with wealth. For many decades, men had greater access to high-paying careers. They still have more access than women do, but the gender pay gap is narrowing.”— Shannon Lell, washingtonpost.comTagged: Double Standards, Dating, Economic Empowerment, Powerful Women, Ambitious Women
“Our society likes women to be smart and beautiful but also quiet and appeasing. When a woman is opinionated or more traditionally “successful,” it can be threatening to her male partner.”— Shannon Lell, washingtonpost.comTagged: Double Standards, Dating, Economic Empowerment, Powerful Women, Ambitious Women