[TruePolitics]

I know there aren't that many women posters on POFO, but I was curious to know their opinion about this.

Now let me clarify the type of anger I'm referring to. It must be anger that stems from justice and righteousness. It must be in response to some kind of injustice and expressed so to show that you are standing up to a wrongdoing. Let's say you truly were wronged, and you are entitled to be angry. Wouldn't a woman rather a man stand up for himself by expressing righteous anger, rather than see him passively cower before those who wronged him? What if she were wronged and needed someone to fight for her rights? Wouldn't she want her man to express anger for her, showing that he cares, rather then see him allow those who wronged her to go unpunished?

[anticlimacus]

I'm not a woman, but do you really think there is a universal answer to this? I mean you could ask the same question to men and you would get a different answer depending on the man...

[Paradigm]

Well, if you set up the dichotomy as angry vs. pushover, most women are going to go for the guy who stands up for himself(unless she's the controlling type). But as far as "righteous" anger, well, it depends. Despite what some people on this forum will tell you, women are not a homogeneous group. Some women want a guy who's more mellow and easy-going. Other women are more attracted to the kind of passion and sense of justice you're referring to. The last woman I dated said she was attracted to those qualities in me, and that most of the guys she's dated have had that same "warrior" quality to them. But there are other women out there who would be turned off by those qualities. Bottom line is that different people have different dating preferences. Women tend to have a certain "type" that they go for, and it varies considerably from one woman to another. Some like geeks, some like jocks, some like musicians, some like funny guys, some like serious guys, etc. There are some general preferences that can be generalized for women as a whole, such as confidence and a certain degree of attractiveness, but overall it's often misleading to generalize preferences across women as a group.

[SE23]

Most certainly, drug dealers, boxers, violent criminals in general, have more women than you could shake a tail feather at. Bottom line is the whole fairy tale disney rom com idea about attraction and relationships is a pure fantasy, much like pornography, albeit playing on sentimentalities rather than obscenity. The simplistic definition of alpha and beta males truly does apply here, although alpha characteristics are open for debate, I have seen introverts generate enormous amounts of female attention while the bluffing extrovert gets shot down. Define what masculinity is and we can open a new topic, although I would say that being self dependent, self reliant, in all aspects and creating your own reality is the core of what women desire.
If you do this and display strength, then whether you are a good person doesn't matter, we are talking about strength and weakness, not good or evil.

[Pants-of-dog]

Do you think that men are attracted to the whole "damsel in distress" thing?

[TruePolitics]

Do you think that men are attracted to the whole "damsel in distress" thing?

I must confess I once had a crush on a girl in high school and fantasized about her drowning in a freezing river and me diving in to rescue her heroically. Then she loved me.

Maybe I should have set her up for that situation just to save her. Think that would have been a good idea ?

Define what masculinity is and we can open a new topic

It's been done - viewtopic.php?f=71&t=137594

[Pants-of-dog]

I must confess I once had a crush on a girl in high school and fantasized about her drowning in a freezing river and me diving in to rescue her heroically. Then she loved me.

Maybe I should have set her up for that situation just to save her. Think that would have been a good idea ?

That's different. That's about impressing the other person, and says nothing about the other person.

The question is whether or not men are attracted to helpless females.

[TruePolitics]

Eh, not really. The problem with helpless females is that they start to lean on you and depend on you for constant emotional support. That's just annoying.

[slybaldguy]

Most certainly, drug dealers, boxers, violent criminals in general, have more women than you could shake a tail feather at. Bottom line is the whole fairy tale disney rom com idea about attraction and relationships is a pure fantasy, much like pornography, albeit playing on sentimentalities rather than obscenity. The simplistic definition of alpha and beta males truly does apply here, although alpha characteristics are open for debate, I have seen introverts generate enormous amounts of female attention while the bluffing extrovert gets shot down. Define what masculinity is and we can open a new topic, although I would say that being self dependent, self reliant, in all aspects and creating your own reality is the core of what women desire.
If you do this and display strength, then whether you are a good person doesn't matter, we are talking about strength and weakness, not good or evil.

This.

[otokage]

As you put it, it has nothing to do with women being attracted to agressive men. It has more to do with a person admiring the bravery of another person which is fighting for what he thinks is right. I'm more attracted to brave ppl than to coward ppl, in general, the genre of those ppl do not make a difference. Who is attracted to coward ppl btw? No one :/