orgy it is one of the ultimate highs for a man that other men are romantically and sexuallyaroused because of what he owns she says but theres more to this desire survival of the species researchers at stanford and the university of californiasanta barbara say that older men chasing younger women contribute to human longevity other studies say men typically prefer and mate with younger women women usually desire and mate with older men probably because of their wealth and social status which makes them good providers it was ever thus even in india sharmila tagore married cricketer mansoor ali khan also the nawab of pataudi at the peak of her career everyone said the wedding reduced tagore to a trophy wife so too actress tina munims marriage to industrialist anil ambani other examples of such marriages arguably include model naina balsavar and politician akbar ahmad actress sangeeta bijlani and cricketer mohammad azharuddin and more recently aishwarya rai and abhishek bachchan much has been written about ashs career coming to an end and her relegation to trophy bahu status and though padma lakshmi would probably challenge the description of trophy wife it is a fact that interest in her has dimmed after her divorce from salman rushdie a delhi socialite describes trophy wife wannabes as many pretty young things trying to latch on to some wealthy businessman havent you seen these pr flunkies and wannabe socialites hanging around such men seth says the downside for trophy wives is that many might envy the guy but pity the womanmen have always liked to consort with pretty young things from cleopatra to carla bruni with the surge in rich men in 2007 forbes said there were 946 billionaires 178 of whom were new to the league theres a growing market for trophy wives actor mandira bedi admits she has had her pick of ceos and rich businessmen but i never wanted to be just some businessmans wife even if it promised more comfort i am the sort of person who doesnt even want to change my maiden namesociologist dr mala kapur shankardass says the desire for men to have trophy wives is as old as patriarchy men she says have been made to believe they are lords of all they survey and the wife is also treated as a possession to have something thats not normal makes men feel good about their manliness women too seem to be abide by this traditional role they still see themselves in the shadow of men even in the west says kapurin fact this selective breeding is a huge industry a new york post article recently reported the tag line for the fashion meets finance afterwork mixer hosted by nightclub taj ladies you no longer need to worry that the cute guy at the bar works in advertising and the actual invitation read women in fashion need men who can facilitate their pre30 marriageretirement plan and men in finance need women who