Men, not women, choose romance over success: Study

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If you go by the preconception that women prioritise relationships while men are more focused on themselves and their achievements, you're wrong. In fact, it's the other way round -- males put love before career.

A team of international researchers has carried out a study and found that men are more willing than the fair sex to sacrifice achievement goals for a romantic relationship, the ScienceDaily has reported.

According to lead researcher Sharon Danoff-Burg of the University of Albany, "In our study, women have been strongly committed to working towards a successful career and therefore hesitant to abandon their goals for a romantic relationship.

"In contrast to women, men also appear to derive more emotional support from their opposite-sex relationships than their same-sex friendships."

Before coming to the conclusion, the team looked at whether personality traits influence students' life goals, and focused on the relative importance of romantic relationships and achievement goals in particular.