Does income changes the value of ass?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange by Prince & Asso

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Economist.com NEW YORK

"TIMES are tough for the kept woman. Today, the Wealth Report cites a survey of the very wealthy who engage in long-term romantic affairs. The current economic conditions have caused 82% of the men surveyed to cut back on allowances and gifts to their mistresses, but more than half of the women surveyed plan to increase financial perks for their lovers. The evidence suggests men see their lovers as normal goods and women see theirs as inferior goods.
Or it could mean that in these trying times people seek comfort.
Susan Shapiro Barash, who teaches gender studies at Marymount Manhattan College and wrote “Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets,” about why women lie, said women value their lovers more than men in a time of economic trouble. “For the women, lovers matter more than ever now because the rest of life is so dreary,” she said. “For the men, they’re just cutting across the board.”
Ms. Barash added that women may value their lovers more today because their husbands are so miserable. “If your husband lost his job on Wall Street and he’s miserable, you need the escape,” she says.
Does that mean men can do without during these times of stress? The survey found that lover-spending declines are more likely the longer the relationship tenure. The high-end prostitution industry also reports spikes in demand. Perhaps in these tough times the men surveyed are prone to spend more of their now limited income on newer rather than longer-term lovers. Or the men think their longer-term lovers will stick with them, even with less in the way of diamonds and private jet rides."

Women and men very greatly in quality and now quantity thanks to obesity, but maybe with belts tightening in this time of stagflation, that may now be a thing of the past... or not. Both sexes have jugs of spoiled milk and bottles of the finest 1787 Chateau d'Yquem wine. We all want wine but it’s so fken hard to find a good bottle that keeps well. And this great imbalance allows companies such as Prince & Asso to fritter their money away on studies such as this.