Reply To: Why threatened by independent women?

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S.
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In a male dominant society, men tend to want control, to nurture and to be a provider for 'their' woman. They feel they would be seen as weak if their woman seemed to be more dominant than them. Within your socio-demographic, men will tend to prefer 'feminine' females. We have had years of being fed an 'image' of the perfect woman by the media. This ranges from Disney's Snow White - a stay-at-home housewife, if you will, who prepares the house for her seven working men, to Sleeping Beauty - who falls asleep and is awoken by her perfect man (you can't get any more passive than that) - to a modern advertising industry that says, 'Use our product, become more attractive and capture your man.'

This is also a society that puts physical beauty over intelligence. You can say I'm stronger than you, but you can't say I'm more intelligent than you without appearing conceited. Any woman not conforming to any of the above stereotyping will be seen as an outsider and will be referred to in derogatory terms. So the short answer is you are causing male insecurity! Although most would deny or not recognize it if questioned.

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