Who wants to marry a millionare - Chinese version

I am not a big fan of reality TV, because we are living in a real world, I don't understand why we have to look at a syndicated show that calls itself a reality show. Anyhow, it hit its lowest point when some genius decided to air a show called "Who wants to marry a millionare" a few years ago. Alright, it was not really a reality show, but more of a tv contest, like "Who wants to be a millionare".

I didn't watch the show, but I saw part of the commercial on tv. Basically, you have a self-proclaimed millionare who has to pick a wife out of a group of young women, all of them in wedding dresses. (talk about being desperate...)

The concept was so bad that I was surprised that the producer didn't get shot by some women activists. It was almost like picking grocery, hm... this one looks fresh, that one looks juicy... The point? It shows what are the desirable characters in men and women when it comes to marriage.

Another piece of news I read recently. In China, they have just hosted a cruise down huangpu river, with single men and women looking for romance and marriage posibilities. It was a very special group of people, according to its organizers, the men have to have at least 2 million RMB in asset (about 300k CAD), and the women? no restriction...

One of the male attendee in his fifties who got interviewed said that he was too busy with his business and no time for romance, was looking for a woman in her thirties, and beautiful.

My biggest problem with the above two stories is how we measure success for men and women. For men, how rich they are. As long as they have accumulated enough assets, age, height, weight, baldness does not matter. For women, how young they can keep theirself, they do not have to prove that they can think or make money, as long as they keep their age, weight, figures in check.

In the 21st century, it is sad to know that some of this stereotype still exists.

Finally, another piece of story (junk) I read last century. According to a study done by a TW newspaper.

The most desirable bachelors are:
1. Engineers (Software, I think)
2. Lawyers
3. Doctors
4. Accountants
5. Pilots

The most desriable bachelorettes are:
1. Teachers (Elementry school, I think)
2. Nurses
3. Flight Attendants
4. ... (can't remember)
5. ... (can't remember)

I have to point out that these bachelors are usually quite boring people, but are usually quite rich. And these bachelorettes can usually be catergorized as patient, caring, mothery types... oh, and they are the usual porn characters.

So I guess the stereotype countinues...