BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

This blog entry by Miguel Ortiz
The story: "The Look of Love: When she’s a beauty and he isn’t, it’s no fairy tale."

The analysis:

Since I consider myself as an evolutionist and see the world as one, I was particularly interested in what this article's ideas and reasons was on why attractive, smart women choose to marry wealthy, not-so attractive males. This article is focused on the reason why this trend happens and why people are attracted to it when politicians and stars do it.

I believe that the article nailed it when they asked evolutionary psychologist Kanazawa and proposed that it is driven by "supply and demand" (Niel). From an evolutionary perspective, most women do tend to look for high statues in men because it gives them a sense of security for the future. So one may ask how do wealthy women like Carla Bruni and others like Jennifer Lopez and Melania Knauss, fit into this theory, since they were already popular, wealthy women before marriage? Well according to David M. Buss through the theory of natural selection, women who are wealthy choose mates who are at their status or higher, they do not tend to seek below. I believe this is true. Was Bruni, Lopez and Knauss better established than their current husbands? The answer is no. Bruni's husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, has a bit better stable career as a politician and current French President. Mark Anthony has had a longer successful career than J.Lo's and then lastly, nobody really beats Mr. Trump.

So the idea of women being "gold diggers" like Kanye West refers to in his popular song, is true, but to an extent. I believe women, wealthy or not, unconsciously tend to prefer higher statuses in men as the process of natural selection. Therefore, this new trend turns out not being so new but a trend in life.

Buss D. (2008). Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind (3rd Edition).