Tom Leykus of the Tom Leykus Show is loved and hated by women for various reasons, one of which may be his latest revelation he recently discussed on-air and not for the first time: That men who don’t make much money tend to be married to overweight wives.

The other night he stated on the air that he wouldn’t be surprised if someone is able to tie research up with hard, cold statistics – that for every increase in pounds that a woman weighs her husband’s earnings are subtracted by a dollar. (Source: Blowmeuptom.com).

While I was listening to Leykus on this particular night, I remembered him discussing this topic before and at the time, disagreeing. This go around I wasn’t sure whether I agreed with him or not as I remembered a celebrity who is thin but married to a heavy woman. Of course, Leykis will be the first to tell you that there are exceptions to every rule and that he never says something is always or never true. He doesn’t speak in absolutes.

The other night when he was discussing this issue again he made mention of the fact that guys who study hard, graduate, and actually make something of themselves tend to marry “hot” women because gorgeous women are attracted to successful men. He has made reference to something similar on air before when he quoted the old adage about water seeking its own level.

So, Leykus says that the less a man makes, the more his wife weighs.

He also brought up another topic this week that kind of ties in with the above one and that is a Boston Globe article that came out May 28, 2005 which states that a woman’s weight affects her job and income. These women tend to be in more menial jobs, are single, sometimes forever, and never have children, not to mention making really low incomes. (Source: bostonglobe.com).

The article cited the case of Caryn McCormack, now 40, of Bridgewater, who lost over 250 pounds over a two year period and in 2005 was down to 130 lbs.

A study revealed that there are biases in marriage and career for overweight women. The result? The overweight woman suffers extreme economic hardship and pays the price dearly financially for her size, according to the New York University study.

Leykus said on air the other night, Feb. 4 or 5 that many women will cry out that that is biased and not right to discriminate against women on the basis of weight.

“Weight can have startling consequences for women’s financial well-being, careers, and marriage prospects, according to research that found that women suffer economic harm from being overweight,” wrote Raja Mishra of the Boston Globe. (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/28/womens_weight_found_to_affect_job_income/). “The first-of-its-kind study found that the heavier the woman, the worse her financial situation will be 13 to 15 years in the future.”

Mishra went on to say that, in fact, “The effect of weight on women’s fortunes was so strong, that women with high school diplomas will have the same future household income as women with a four-year college degree but who weigh twice as much.”