]Double standard? The issue isn't that women like men for their money, it's that they LIE about it and say it doesn't matter.

Men will openly say they are attracted to beautiful women.

Another thing women lie about is not being interested in beautiful men. I actually believe women are far more shallower than men are. Even though as the OP demonstrates there is this belief that men only care about appearances.

Men don't spend billions on fashion magazines and are hardly obsessed with appearances as women are.

And I think men are more willing to settle for some gal in a baseball cap than some woman is for a man in one.

It's not a double standard. Men just want women to be honest. If you like men for money then so be it, say so. Don't pretend to be superior by saying it doesn't matter.[/quote]

I think you might be mistaken, at least where many women are concerned. I, for one, would probably not even consider dating a gorgeous guy, because I would expect that he's full of himself, egotistical and always on the lookout for the next woman-though maybe that's not fair. But I've never known a really good looking guy who didn't take advantage of his looks. While you may well see a pretty woman with a balding, shorter guy and wonder what in the world the attraction is for her, you rarely see it the other way around - an attractive guy with a ugly woman. I think, and being a woman I tend to think with a woman's point of view, that woman learn to look past the physical beauty of a guy to try to see what's inside. Is he kind? Does he love her children? Does he hold down a job? And despite feminism and it being the age it is, woman still do want to be taken care of, but most of us are willing to take care of our man, too. Looks fade for most of us, so what's inside really is the only thing that truly matters.

myself i hate pin heads intelligence in a girl is what i love kindness. not self proclaimed princess.beauty is common brains are rare.

One is based on attraction whereas the other is based on money. Pretty to one person may not be pretty to another, but ten million dollars to one person is still ten million dollars to another.