My small observation from this clip is that women seem to project what they want in a potential mate onto themselves, but men project what they think a mate wants onto themselves.

In other words, men are told that women want adventurous guys, so they have the option of rising to that challenge or just settling for someone who doesn't want that.

Conversely, women are told that men are adventurous, and so the women need to be adventurous in order to be on a level playing field with them.

This results in a collision that prevents the relationship from ever taking off. Men don't feel like they are being valued ("if I'm X, why are you also trying to be X?"), and women don't feel that the men are being fair ("I was told that men wanted this, so if you don't like it, you aren't being fair or aren't a 'real man'").

Lots of collisions like this take place when women act masculine. If you need a masculine and a feminine in a relationship, then what should a man do when a woman acts masculine? He can try to cut her down (making her feel "put in her place"). He can try to act feminine (re-balancing the relationship, but confusing and potentially ending the attraction that the woman has for him). He can just ignore her and move on. None of these are very good options, so while men have to take initiative, they can't do much with it if women don't help them by providing better avenues.


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