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Opinions of Thursday, 18 December 2014

Columnist: Bernice Owusuwaa

Are guys of today scared of the corporate lady?

Currently, most women are falling in the business oriented class; thus the strong, talented, and successful women.

The days where a woman’s office was noted to be the kitchen is no more, now women are striving to achieve their aims and dreams and can be found in various sectors; financial institutions, education, health, agriculture, sports, politics, media among others but yet still in some cases their marriages are delayed.

Curious to know from the single men if these business oriented women known as “corporate ladies” seen in very high heels, dressed in suits, office wears and always looking very outstanding portraying their intelligence, pose a threat to them when they think of marriage; I sought for answers.

Some say these corporate ladies with their well to do business, now own cars, houses and have all that every successful person in life dreams of achieving; this to them poses as high expectation threat to single men who in a way feel attractive to these ladies but have to relent.

To them, these women have everything in life all acquired through her hard work hence fears such women cannot humble themselves to their husbands especially when she receives a bigger salary compared to that of the spouse.

The single man thinks he has to work more to impress the corporate lady who is sometimes tagged as “rude, arrogant and not a marriageable material”; because she barely has time to attend to the house needs.

However, there is this section of single men who in all ways love and admire the business oriented lady.

To them they never feel intimidated to express their love to a corporate lady because to them, women need more love than wealth; smart men will always opt for smart women.

They admire the corporate women a lot because they help in the financial maintenance of the home; relieving some of the burden of the husband's responsibilities.

Interestingly some corporate ladies also think such men who see them as a threat are not dream chasers and still leave with that old adage that women belong to the kitchen. To them, their career or educational successes increase their chances of getting married.

So do corporate ladies scare men away with their wealth or their achievement rather attracts the men?