What do women want?

Today at the office, I read a very disturbinging survey done in HK, they surveyed 500 HK women age from 25 to 40, and the result is very shocking, although not totally unexpected. I have a feeling this might apply to other women all over the world as well.

Here are the survey results:

A. Men you are looking for?
1. Stable income (84.3%)
2. Knowledgable and multi-talented (65.2%)
3. Sensitive and caring (63%)

B. Can't stand men who...
1. are Indecisive, push over (53%)
2. Cheats (48.7%)
3. are useless, with no potential (48.6%) (not in bed i hope :))

C. Why is it hard to find good men?
1. women are more capable than men (57.7%)
2. men don't have financial strength (50.6%)
3. more women than men (49.7%)

D. Worst fears?
1. being poor (53.6%)
2. getting old (45.9%)
3. married the wrong men (44.9%)

E. What do you want for V day?
1. Diamond jewlery (33.7%)
2. Flowers (13.6%)
3. Hi-tech items (10.5%) (vibrator?)

F. How do you want to spend V day?
1. Travelling (43%)
2. Candlelight dinner (21.1%)
3. shopping and watching movie (8.2%)

Let's make one thing very clear, this is a survey done in HK and with a small sample of 500, so its significance is somewhat limited, but it is still pretty interesting to study what women want...

Also, I think survey is about what women "think" they want, not what they "really" want, women are very good at contridicting themselves.

So, let's go thru the list - A. I guess I am out on 2 of the 3 :), it looks like women are not as in looks anymore.

B. only out on 1 of the 3, im definitely not 3 :), but being a Libra, im very indecisive...

C. with the traditional bar being set that men "have" to be more capable than women, it is no wonder that the "avaliable" wealth single men are somewhat limited...

D. doesn't that remind you of "gone with the wind" - I will never be poor again!! with modern women like Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, enjoying life requires funding, I am not suggesting women are gold diggers, but more $$ means more choices. You can't avoid 2 though, so i guess women should just marry rich men to avoid 1, forget about 2, fire rich men and get their half to marry the "right" men to avoid 3.

E. er... diamond is a girl's best friend? I will settle with flowers, even though they die the next day and are 20% less popular but 90% cheaper than diamonds :)

F. hm... travelling is very nice, but candlelight dinner is way easier to arrange.

So, what do you learn from this survey? Women today are more capable, more educated, richer, and they want more from life. What do they want? They want older men with good career, smart, talented, caring, romantic... Any of these a suprise? no... but how do single guys survive? Simple, you are always getting older, you can "pretend" to be caring (or to be smart and talented), and buy flowers and candlelight dinner "pretending" to be romantic. :)

Now, seriously, women are smarter than that, they know what they want... or do they?