male dissappointment in LOVE

from a newsletter:

.... but I would emphasize the social context for so many men being disappointed in love: Many high achieving women leave love relationships as a residual category compared to the network of relationships they need for career success and personal emotional support. When women don't"live for love" anymore, men have to compete with the woman's career--and low achieving women are not as desirable--especially not if the man's counselor is herself a high-achieving career woman and hence a model of the kind of women of which few are expecting to be swept off their feet. That said, self-esteem building is a good sized industry. I expect to contribute to that from my love theory, but not till 2007.

Norman Brown PhD PhD
Assoc Prof Psychology & Humanities
Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical UnivDaytona Beach FL