To understand the nature of women, you should understand that their well-known propensity to hypergamy concerns more than just their natural desire to gain (by way of men) in status, a desire that obviously has a very powerful biological and evolutionary value.
Female hypergamy, ultimately and much more deeply, has to do with the very nature of their sexuality, with what they find attractive in men in a psychosexual sense.
A 'wo/man' who can demonstrate superiority and, even better, dominance over other 'wo/men' in whatever context can also drive women mad with desire.
Hypergamy is used to define lots of other "personality" types that are bending to this particular nature.. I'm sure you've heard a few of them thrown around to describe social climbing using this method.
Side note: Don't hate the players, hate the game.