Men Are Intimidated by “X”

You know, it comes as no surprise that I agree with the Captain’s conlusions – but I don’t like the roads he took to get there.  They ain’t wrong, exactly, not that – but I think there might be a more Parsimonious Explanation.

1. A Man is (not) Intimated by a Taller Woman

I don’t know one guy, personally, who has said, “Oh no! Not a a TALLER woman! GASP oh GASP! You mean her legs will be LONGER THAN AVERAGE!? Horrors of horrors. How will I ever survive?”

Folks, I am going to be so uncouth as to reveal one of my weirder sexual fetishes to you: I want to make sweet, sweet love to an Amazonian woman.  I want a woman who’s four inches taller than me, who can bench-press 1.5 times her body-weight, and whose body is completely free of tan-lines.

I once saw such a woman walking through the Student Centre – and was too rapt with lust to approach.

She was 6’6″ if she was a foot, and as perfectly formed as a hot midget – bountifully proportioned, and utterly beautiful, as if someone had exagerrated her proportions in Photoshop.

I really ought to kick myself for not approaching… but here’s the thing: the male approach is all about dominance.  Dominating someone taller than you?  Possible; but it takes training.  There are some very big Small Men, but for each one it took effort.

Men aren’t intimidated, per se – tall women are hot – it’d be nice if she’d walk over and talk to us – but building up the gumption to hit on the 6’6″ is more difficult than with the 5″3′.  There’s also the question of whether *she’ll* like a shorter man…

2. Men are (not) Intimidated by a “Strong” Woman

The problem is “strong” is confused in today’s Moxie world with “loud, arrogant or obnoxious.” Most of the girls I have dated who were truly strong simply demonstrated their strength.

Actually, this time I’m in perfect agreement; nothing sexier than a woman who knows how to fire a rifle.  Trouble is, most that do, just aren’t LTR material; some are Moxie Free, but nowhere near enough.

If I ever get married, she’d better be a perfect Lady, and strong as nails.

3. Men are (not) Intimidated by Women who Earn More Than Them

So naturally the LAST thing I would want is a woman that makes a lot of money. I mean, that’s what EVERY guy is afraid of! A woman with LOT’S of MONEY! I wake up late at night, soaked in sweat because of the nightmares I have of some woman showering me with $100 bills and buying me nice things.

And this is where I largely disagree.

Any of you folks out there ever had a rich friend?  Somebody who can afford to eat out at nice restaurants, who invites you along, and you wind up in a bind – do I ditch my friend, or spend this week’s discount-whiskey-money on filet mignon?

When it comes to dating, that’s a male problem; not a female one.

When things are casual, I certainly don’t mind a woman that pays her own way, and then some.  Hell, one of the things you’ll learn when you develop game, is that women have so much disposable income that they’ll buy you tons of expensive crap for every bag of skittles you buy in return.

Hell, I got a full set of gear-wrenches thanks to Game – Metric, Imperial, long, & stubby.

But over the long-term, if you don’t have the money to take your woman out on adventures, it ain’t gonna last.

The three points the Captain was refuting are essentially true – true in Effect, that is.  But its’ not that Men are intimadated by these women; it’s that women don’t contain the ability to Truly Love a Man who 1. is shorter, 2. is less strong, 3. earns less.

You’ll need at least 2 of the 3 to hold onto her for the long-term.

The Captain is correct, in that Men don’t actually worry about these things – not for the short term one-night-bang – but if the Man is looking at the long-therm, he’ll see the writing on the wall.

Women hate a man that… would be the correct refrain – not Men are intimidated by a woman that…

The sayings are written backwards; but for practical purposes, they might as well be true.