Summary
A NEW phenomenon is sweeping the States. Called the "Miranda complex", it involves high-powered women lying about how much they earn in case their high salaries put men off. At first I thought this must be a joke. What man would mind if his wife/partner earned more than him? But apparently women like Sex and the City's Miranda, a highly-paid lawyer with a slacker boyfriend, are disguising just how successful they really are.
And I am afraid to report that even here, we seem to be as similarly unenlightened. I have an attractive, single female friend who is a merchant banker on a six-figure salary. She tells me she can barely get a date. I tried to set her up with our fortysomething, eligible next-door neighbour, who seemed interested in the idea -- until I told him what she did and how much she was paid.See the full content of this document
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Help, I'm Suffering the Miranda Complex
"Oh God," he said, rolling his eyes. "Not another career- obsessed, ball-busting la...
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