No lie there! I like your answer, those are exactly the things RedPill says to work on 100%. Men who focus on those things WILL do well. But when asked "what do you want in a man" (<-- google that Q) women ignore all that and instead the answer is stuff like "good provider; good communicator; vulnerable; meets my emotional needs; treats me like an equal; caring at heart". Men who focus on THESE things will not do well. |
Yeah, but then they date guys who are insecure and overcompensate by acting like assholes; passing over guys who are quietly confident. So, guys pick up that women aren't so much interested in confidence as they are in overt displays of dominance. |
I don’t know if they do extremely well or not. I do know that acting like women are some kind of prize to be earned, or trying to act like someone you aren’t, is a recipe for unhappiness. |
![]() if you’re talking clinical anxiety and anxious attachment style, then get therapy. Don’t read redpill blogs. |
what does “do well” mean to you? if you mean gray-rape hookups where you never give a girl an orgasm, maybe RedPill will work. If you want a relationship, being kind, communicative, perceptive, will get you a long way. |
Well, look, there's a lot of social desirability bias. Not a lot of men are going to publicly say their preference is "skinny but with big breasts and butt, wears dresses and lipstick, laughs at my jokes," but that's not exactly an unpopular profile, either. And it doesn't mean either group is being deceitful or doesn't care at all about basic human kindness or compatibility or values. |
...but not as far as being those things, plus confident, attractive, and good in bed. You think people don't value those things in their spouses, too? |
If 2 women disagree on what they find valuable in their partner are they lying or are they two individuals who have different experiences/preferences? |
The issue here is not that women are lying about what they want - people can want those characteristics, but if you're not attracted to someone, you're not. And there's no magic formula to guarantee an attraction, for men or for women. But here's the real issue: if you're cultivating these characteristics SOLELY BECAUSE you think it'll get you laid, that's 1) extremely obvious and 2) ENORMOUSLY offputting. Men who treat kindness, respect and communication like a coin they put in a vending machine and out comes sex -- ugh, I don't care how hot or rich you are. I will not want to f*ck you. |
There's no magic formula, but there are things you can do to be more attractive in general if you're a man or a woman. If you find out that a guy improved his wardrobe, lost some weight, and took better pictures for his dating profile, are you really going to find that off-putting? Or if he did an improv class to be more confident and funnier? You for sure shouldn't be entitled about it, but trying to be more attractive is not a bad thing. |
VERY few men are just "born" naturally attractive to women. Most men need to work on it and improve in one area or another. Call that inauthentic if you want, or call it basic maturation and self improvement. So ASSUMING a man isn't just naturally attractive, his first step would be understanding what's important for dating. Successful men will focus on the specific things that sexually attract women, and NOT focus on the things that women say they want (which add nothing to his attractiveness). |
Well PP (a woman) already settled this. Spoiler alert: she did NOT mention kindness, communication, perceptiveness (not even close). |
If he gets pissed off because some women turn him down despite him having done all that work, then yes. I would find that very off-putting. |
Wait, I settled for all times what women want?? Whoah. Does that mean we're also going with "skinny but with big breasts and butt, wears dresses and lipstick, laughs at my jokes" for what men want? Because I think these are both potentially informative but also fairly reductive, and as I noted I don't think this means no one cares about things like kindness or shared values. |
Yes, PP, you, a woman, in a single anonymous message board comment, have settled forever and always What All Women Want. We are no longer allowed to debate this issue or change our minds. All of us are bound by your post. ![]() |