In "Scenes from the class struggle on Fox," Carina Chocano makes her point that Hollywood paints a distorted picture of marriage and money. She points out that America has this fantasy that rich and powerful men want to marry simple middle/working class girls, but that fantasy is unrealistic. Chocano uses the example of Joe Millionaire, a T.V. game show much like the Bachelor, where women compete for the heart of who they think is a millionaire hunk. In reality he earns $19,000 a year as a construction worker. The idea was to see if the American woman marries for love or money. This example is used to show how the media makes marrying rich look easy and plausible.
I agree with Chocano's argument that a " working-class woman is about as likely to marry into the American aristocracy as she is to win the Lotto." While reading this article I thought of a recent controversy involving a goldigging New York woman and Craigslist. The 25 year old posted an ad on Craigslist asking why men who make over $500,000 a year don't want to settle down (with her) and get married, but just want to date. A stockbroker replied saying that wealthy men think of everything in investment terms. He basically said that women are a poor investment because their beauty will fade while the man will continue to get richer.
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It is surprising that anyone would look at a person and see them as an investment. That may just be an excuse given due to the educational differences between a woman looking for a "rich" man, rather than the rich man finding a woman in his own social class to pair up with. Most people will notice how actors marry/date other actor, they can identify with each others work,backgrounds,wealth and sometimes even race will factor in. For instance a man with a PHD, isnt necceserily going to marry a single mom with three kids and only a high school diploma. This may happen, but it would not be the norm.
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