Why Gen Z Women Are Looking for a Man in Finance
18th August 2024
“I’m looking for a man in finance/Trust fund/6’5”/Blue eyes.” When Megan Boni posted this ditty on her TikTok account a few months ago, it was meant as a joke. She wanted to poke fun at the wish-list mentality of single women, herself included.
She couldn’t have predicted that her 19-second video would be viewed 26 million times and remixed into one of the summer’s viral hits. Women are now whispering to each other that maybe they really are looking for a man in finance, rather than an impoverished creative type still living with his parents at the age of 30.
Boni has since reiterated that she’s “not actually looking for a man in finance,” and perhaps she needn’t bother given that she’s landed herself a record deal. But the damage is done. “Men in finance are hot again,” says Vogue.