As a man, I’ve been thinking about this for a while now and I always see guys here complain about how women are hypergamous and always go for a guy because his money. But on another note, these same guys will then complain about how women are dating the bad boy losers and not men who are successful, intelligent, and pursuing in their academics. So it seems that when it comes to dating men, women just can’t win. If they date a high achieving/ successful man, they’re “goldiggers” but if they date a bad boy unemployed loser, they are “stupid bitches” and “whores”. I think some men just can’t seem to put their egos and low self esteem aside to see that you can’t put women into this state of simplicity where they all work as a monolith. Maybe it’s not the money she’s attracted to but the confidence and assertiveness that came with the wealth. Maybe she doesn’t date the bad boy loser because of how much of an asshole he is but because of how charming, funny, and good looking he is. Not everything is black and white or a matter of “nice guy vs bad boy”. Everyone is complex with their own sense of interests in mind. Ironically, by painting women in black and white terms, we’re also painting men in black and white terms as well.