Talk:Trophy wife
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[edit] Effect of economic considerations
On reflection I am not sure the references to "wrongdoing" or first marriages are entirely relevant. If the women gets what she wants, the man gets what he wants, and no one is harmed - hard to see "wrongdoing" (except as a cultural/economic bias?). If a rich older male acquires an unusually attractive younger first wife, is she not a "trophy wife?
Seems the distinction that earns this label is simply a rich older man married to an attractive younger woman - an unusual combination without his wealth.
This should tie into an article the effective marketplace in courtship - if such an article existed.
[edit] Women's motivations
I'm not so sure about the paragraph on women's motivations. It would be nice to have some indication of how many women are motivated this way, and how many are in fact unaware that they're trophy wives. I'm not going to change it without definite information, though. -- Ortonmc 22:16, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Motivation? Probably $$$$$
- JesseG 02:16, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Examples
Surely there are some famous examples of trophy wives that could be cited. -- Ortonmc 22:16, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Vulgar Reference
A trophy wife is not a display of success, the reference is more vulgar. A trophy is a deer(dear), with large antlers(a big rack), you hang(mount) in the den.
With the "vulgar reference" - women who are trophy wives are not treated too much better than the deer hanged in the den.
JesseG 03:45, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Only Western Culture?
Why the assumption this is only a pattern of behavior in "Western" cultures? Seems likely that older successful men acquiring younger more attractive wives is not driven by culture. Surely there are equivalent patterns in other cultures. To be more meaningful we need examples of equivalents patterns in other cultures. --pbannister 21:56, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
- Political correctness most likely. I have seen/heard of the trophy wife fenomenon also in Hong Kong. In fact the whole Western Culture label is of limited use outside politically correct exercises, as say Finnish and Italian cultures differ enormously.
