Maybe women are buying romance novels because it’s an escapism like men with sports (wishing they were the star player, etc…).
Everyone would agree relationships are a lot of work and for working women, a lot don’t want or have the time to deal with some other guy who they don’t need any handouts from.
I saw some video in Japan where some Japanese professional ladies go and have fun and meet guys at these talking/social bars and just hang out, drink, talk, etc…
No sex is even involved. The young guy working there said he cleared 600k last year. Again, no sex involved at all.
Even though rich women marry rich men, I still see the majority of successful women marry even MORE successful men. Especially when the guy is pretty dog ugly like James Packer (net worth, 7.9 BILLION) with Miranda Kerr (20 million).
Then there’s George Clooney and his new wife 20 years younger…
Rich guy with richer woman is John McCain (10 mil) and Cindy McCain (100 mil)…