Are men are threatened by a successful woman?

Men are all too aware that women judge men on their occupation, ets and are interested in men of equal or higher status than them, not lower. Seems to me that men are being realistic, not intimidated. However these successful women may consider that the higher up the ladder they go, the less men of same or higher status there are. Conversely, men of high status (by women’s standards) have the largest choice of women available. Their only et he is interested in: feminine beauty