Kelsey has a lot going on this season on Younger. Her hair is falling out. Her job involves more pressure than ever. Eventually, Kelsey hides her job status on Younger in order to attract more dating prospects.
It definitely works for Kelsey. But the idea in general of men being intimidated by a female romantic partners with more powerful jobs than them is not new. There are countless advice columns targeted at both men and women that seem to suggest a woman making more money than her male partner is a treacherous situation. As you might guess, those kinds of articles don't really exist for women worried about their husband making more money.
Nearly half the U. Even in our music and pop culture, which is β thankfully β fuller than ever of awesome women embracing their power, hints of men playing into those success-related gender roles remain. Even a look on Twitter shows women complaining with pretty high frequency about the issue in their own lives. As pointed out by The Cut , a study by the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin journal found that men were also more threatened by female superiors than male superiors in the workplace.
In Younger, Kelsey isn't searching for a long-term boyfriend. She isn't hoping for a lifetime partner. She is on an app for people interested in simple hookups, and even then, her career is a problem. This issue isn't imaginary, even if we aren't completely sure how frequently it crops up on hookup apps. The retrograde is harmful for all genders involved β women shouldn't have to downplay their ambition or professional success to appear more demure for a male partner, and men shouldn't feel like their "manhood" is measured in comparison to their female partner's success.
No one bats an eye when a woman dates someone who's had more professional success than she has β it's almost expected. A man in Kelsey's shoes would've been able to flaunt a flashy career on a dating app with no strings attached, and she simply couldn't.
