Maureen Dowd

So what exactly does she want? Glamour? A nice guy? What?

My experience is that most successful women have a hard time finding guys for two reasons. First, like guys, they become too enamored of themselves. I suspect it is more difficult to find men who will put up with this. Women are a bit more savvy about human nature and recognize that putting up with a blowhard is a lesser evil than singledom. Second, unlike men, overachieving women are not willing to date down. I have no doubt, for example, that Ms Dowd would not date me, simply on the ground that I am not enough of a power figure. When powerful women are willing to drop their version of male modeling (needing a co-powerful partner) then they will be more likely to find a mate. Assuming they want one.