<p>Denzera, you have clearly never dated a woman obsessed with advancing her career at all costs (and at the expense of a relationship). The type of women who have an inferiority complex of sorts and walk around Wall Street with a chip on their shoulders the size of Montana. The type that spend needless and unnecessary hours on menial projects irrelevant to a current deal. The type that orgasm at the thought of the credit markets loosening back up. I have a great deal of respect for these women as bankers and professionals, but as human beings and potential relationship partners, they are an absolute mess and totally dysfunctional, severely incapable of long-term marriage and motherhood. This used to be just an argument against MALE bankers; not the case anymore as women are more represented in the banking sector. Trust me, a cutthroat “close the deal at all costs” personality is neither sexy nor desirable (unless you’re…well, you know).</p>
<p>I’m not saying that all women should be homemakers and feign apathy and disregard ambition/intelligence. If you think that was mentioned at all in this thread, you clearly lack basic literacy skills. A girlfriend or wife should challenge you, fight you, defend her own dispositions. I’m all for strong symbols of womanhood – that’s sexy to me. But when a woman loses sight of what is important in a relationship - and lets her career eclipse everything else - then there is a HUGE problem.</p>
<p>ALL women (especially the junior bankers) in finance are like that: they value their careers moreso than fruitful personal relationships. Anyone disagrees either has never worked with a female banker or has never been in a meaningful relationship.</p>