Women Are Called 'Gold Diggers' But Men Aren't - Why?

Dear women, How often have you been called a “gold digger”? But hold on, What is a gold digger? Someone who digs for gold? Well, if you go by the Cambridge dictionary definition, it’s someone, usually a woman, who tries to attract a rich person, usually a man, in order to get money. Honestly, it’s ironic as we live in a country where society still holds women back from working towards financial independence, and then we also have the audacity to accuse them of being money hunters, and our very own Bollywood has never missed a chance to make this narrative even stronger by the portrayal of women in movies and songs.

The Truth Behind Why Women are Labeled 'Gold Diggers'

Remember movies like Sonu ke Titu Ki Sweety? or Pyar Ka Punchnaama? There’s always a woman scheming to leech off the dude’s cash, and this is the reason women have to listen to all these nasty things from society.

Remember Sridevi’s character from the movie Judai? She legit gives away her husband to the other woman for 2 crores. You can call her someone who is after money, but not someone who just wants to marry a guy who earns a decent amount of money so that they can live comfortably and have financial security. 

And well, dear men, have you ever thought about the demands you place on matrimonial sites? Phrases like 'I want a slim, beautiful, fair, and pretty girl who can take care of my family' are quite common. Moreover, there are those who demand dowry of 5 lakh, 10 lakh, or 50 lakh from the girl's family in the name of 'gifts' at the time of marriage. What do you call this kind of behavior? 

On the other hand, if a girl helps her boyfriend financially, society calls it 'help.' But if the girl needs money to use it, she is labeled as a 'gold digger,' implying that she is only with the boy for money."

But do you understand that when you say that a  woman married a man for money, you are not only discrediting a woman’s integrity, but you are also suggesting that the man has nothing to offer but money? 

I mean, it’s high time that we get over the fact that a woman needs a man to provide her everything. She doesn’t want to date a financially secure man so she can have him pay for her things; women can provide for themselves. She wants to date a financially secure man so that he can pay for himself, and save for their future.

What are your thoughts on this?