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A new study found that as much as it's become politically incorrect to admit, the majority of women would rather find a rich man to marry than have a successful career.  
 
According to Dr Catherine Hakim from the London School of Economics, the idea that women dislike being financially dependent on men is a myth, with more choosing to "marry up" now than did so in the 1940s.  
 
By the late 1990s, the proportion of women who were "marrying up" had almost doubled to 38 per cent. Similar patterns are seen across much of Europe, the US and Australia.  
 
"Women's aspiration is to marry up, if they can, to a man who is better-educated and higher-earning, persists in most European countries. Women thereby continue to use marriage as an alternative or supplement to their employment careers."  
 
Dr Hakim said many women did not want to 'admit' that they were looking for a higher earning partner, "It has become impossible to say 'I wouldn't mind being a housewife,'" she said. "It is so politically incorrect that a lot of women don't want to admit it."  
 
Would you be willing to admit you'd rather have a sugar daddy than a high paying career?