The problem is, our minds work on different levels. So these women:

- Rationally, they believe in equality.

- Emotionally, they are attracted (aroused / engaged) by men who are "better" than them in some way (i.e. hypergamy) - be it financially, intellectually or aestethically (it doesn't have to be in every sense).

And since attraction is what drives people towards a potential partner, most women - even the ones really believing in equality - will prefer a man NOT their equal. It's not something they rationally choose; rather, it's something they feel emotionally (usually driven by evolutionary instincts).

But it will keep them to remain single anyway... waiting for the "right man" to appear.

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> "That’s just common sense!"

Yes, BUT... logic is not most women's forte! ;-)

I know I sound sexist, but most women seem more driven by their emotions than by their logic (see above). Just look at all those women who keep being attracted to "bad boys" and the like. It would be common sense to avoid them, and yet...

Hence logic and common sense are often ignored by women, and they keep following romantic feelings instead. And they feel entitled to do that, expecting the world to adapt to them instead. "But I deserve a man who's such and such!" is the mantra of most Western women.

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> "is simply not logical"

You're right, and yet... facing your A-B-C-D choices, many women will simply "believe in magic", thinking that they will find that "oh-so-uncommon-special-man" and he will be happy to be monogamous with her.

Yeah, fat chance! ;-P