Delayed gratification ... less worth it for women?
I understand this might be a bit controversial. Not trying to be sexist in any way, hear out my logic:
- Perceived Value: While men's perceived value often increases with career progression, women's value doesn't experience the same uptick. Instead, youth and beauty are given a much greater weighting. Societal perception may not place the same emphasis on a woman's professional success, which might discourage some from fully subscribing to the "work now, play later" philosophy.
- Physical Peak and Biological Factors: In many ways women's biological clock suggests a 'peak' in the 20s. Whether we agree or not, these pressures are real and may sway our decisions on when and how intensely to pursue career goals.
- Family and Biological Clock: The fact remains that if a woman wants to have biological children, her timeline is more stringent than a man's due to fertility limitations. The delayed gratification approach in finance might mean postponing or giving up on that dream.
Should we instead strive for a balanced pursuit of professional and personal ambitions earlier?
You're falsely equating delayed gratification with sexual development timeline. Idk why you got the impression that the two concepts are intertwined this way. They aren't. This made very little sense, at least in the way your post title framed it.
No more "Women on Wall Street" plz, sick of this shit
Well, depends on what you consider delayed gratification....
If by "delayed gratification" you mean working hard now so that you can have the gratification of a great family life later, I think the OPs post makes a lot of sense. You can't delay that gratification too long or you might miss it.
For a lot of immature men who view family as an inevitable burden and not something to work for in the future, then it likely seems like that OP is discussing a sexual development timeline rather than deeper life gratification.
LOL this word salad was the most helpful comment? WTF is it even saying?
EDIT: It can vary honestly but I don't like judge women who are career oriented and may push off having a family / choosing not to have one. Some women genuinely don't seem to like kids enough to want to have them.
I know a Head / MD of a Sales team at a BB (family friend who used to babysit me as a kid). I think she chose not to have kids but has been married for many years. I will say that a lot of the "high power" women in finance that I've met usually didn't have kids. I know someone that used to work on Wall Street before having kids and eventually had to quit because it wasn't a sustainable lifestyle (a large part of this is due to her husband's businesses started to generate a lot of traction - was making IB MD type of money as an entrepreneur).
What was her husband's business?
Tech related. Know this couple fairly well, husband went to a complete non-target but is a hell of a salesman / hard worker.
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The whole "women become less desirable as they get older crowd" has not seen enough men in their late 30s who work 80 hours a week and haven't taken care of their body in a decade.
Yeah don't tell them that though, my number one client base for one-night stands is the 30+ demo of women who are convinced they're going to become infertile and die alone if they don't meet their romantic partner soon.
Women hit a wall whether or not they take care of themselves. Men won’t (as much) if they stay active and healthy
100%. Men can still look great in their 40s if they just workout and eat right. A women will pretty much be past this peak 30+ if she does the same things ceteris paribus
Doesn’t matter. Women want money and success a lot more than looks. Truth is men’s peak is in 30s or even 40s while women’s peak is much earlier.
Yo Don Lemon go back to CNN
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