What Women Want: Conversations on Desire, Power, Love and Growth

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I looked at your review and it looks like you did a lot of rationalizing and excuse making because you refused to let go of your unnatural socializing and over looked that he wasn’t refusing to the bottom 90% of females. Attracting someone is not about doing anything big, but instead doing little things - taking care of your body & mind. Sleep well, eat well, exercise well, read well, basic grooming, dressing well. Although the section about reading in "Living Rich" by Mark Ford is a much better overview on the subject of reading. Only it stops there. Whelan doesn't examine the logical endpoint of her position. indeed she even laments the 20-week limit in some country or other.

Romantic proof: show and share your feelings, respect her having greater emotional needs than you do, be respectful, caring, compassionate, cuddle You said yourself you were offended by his wording when he talked about the average males and females, but it’s true. Sigmund Freud once said: ‘The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is “ What does a woman want? ”' Through the relatable and moving stories of seven very different women, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung refutes this inscrutability and sheds light on our most fundamental needs and desires. From a young bride-to-be struggling to accept her sexuality, to a mother grappling with questions of identity and belonging, and a woman learning to heal after years of trauma , What Women Want is an electrifying and deeply intimate exploration into the inner lives of women. A very fun, funny, and potentially useful book for many [young] men to read, but of very mixed quality.Loved reading this book. Analyzing the millions of years of evolution involved, it's a practical and educational read filled with humor on an incredibly important and misunderstood subject with a research-based approach.

As in other #MeToo novels, Popkey’s female characters are grappling with relationships from their past. Violence against women is ubiquitous: an Argentinian psychoanalyst recounts being raped by her first husband, a graduate student recalls a man who used to serially prey on younger women, the narrator describes an ambiguously consensual but unambiguously violent encounter with a stranger in a hotel room, an older woman remembers the night Norman Mailer stabbed his wife.I could tell that you take pride in being a Societal sheep and have a hard time letting that go and only want to think and behave like the bottom 90% of males and females which is why that part offended you the most, but it’s true. Somehow this book manages to present a sound science-based argument for behavior, combined with moral/ethical one, and this behavior is pro-social and accomplishes the literal stated goal of the title. It's very much aimed at heterosexual teen to young adult men (maybe early 30s at most), but that's also a group with the biggest problems with dating -- although I'd love to see someone write the female version of this book for young women as well. Essentially it comes down to advocating for genuine self improvement on the dimensions which make men more attractive, how to present those traits accurately, and how to proceed from that basis. I wish she'd followed it up with something like: Having established that women, as responsible adults, should have control over their own bodies, are we not also therefore responsible enough to be expected to make the link between sex and pregnancy? And the link between alcohol, the loss of inhibition, and the impairment of judgement (and memory)? And is it unreasonable to expect a responsible woman to notice she is pregnant before, say, the better part of half a year has elapsed? Having wealth is nothing if you don't have material proof of attractive traits. It's what you do with the money.

This was a complete surprise, and in a very good way. So what exactly do women want?. If you are looking for the manual on that, this is not it. The point, he says, is that women want men that other women are interested in. But not men who are interested in all women. And finally, there are some men who never had problems getting girls, and that’s why they are free to also focus on other areas of life. PROS

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As a man, it is impossible to be better at mating until you understand the subjective experience of a woman, because it is fundamentally different than yours in many ways...Some of the same male traits that frighten you the most also seem to be the most attractive to you. The guys who pose the greatest physical threat are also the same The subjects of Topics of Conversation are sex and power, but Popkey is most interested in the nature of female desire, particularly the desire to relinquish agency. In this, the novel might best be understood as a retort to the received wisdom of the recent, critically lauded fictional and nonfictional #MeToo narratives. Respond with validation, insight, or debate (yes, disagreeing is good, so long as it’s respectful and in fun)

Your body scent has a complicated physiology influenced by what you eat, how you exercise, how much you sleep and hydrate, how much you sweat, and what your hormone levels are. This means your natural scent is a pretty informative signal of your overall health." Be clear of what you want, make sure you're in the right place, get your shit together (health and basic wealth) and make sure you display the right signals.

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Ultimately, this is a book about female desire, which is still a taboo subject for many - just ask Madonna. Or ask any of the women featured (in disguised form) here. Forbidden desires are a recurring theme - from the bride-to-be struggling with her sexuality to the mother grappling with questions of identity. Through her conversations with these women, the author explores questions of denial, longing, repression and shame - as well as hope, joy and liberation. The ability to appear certain by tolerating uncertainty. To be dominant, optimistic, and courageous with women, and never act intimidated by them. Ignore all the bullsh*t advice that you have to 'become an alpha' to get women, that if you just get fierce, domineering, and exploitative, everyone will love you and the world will be yours. That advice is totally ineffective and wrong. Being known in your group (popular), attracting attention by delivering value (high-status), and provoking respect (prestigious) within your social group are the core of social proofs in our species, so that’s what you should focus on."