It's successful marketing, which wouldn't work if there wasn't a market. This indicates that it's not aunilateral trait of women to want confidence in a man, which was my argument.nexus said:
Thank you for proving my point.
Why do women love confidence in a man?
- Thread starter cerebreturns
- Start date
Recommended Videos
Thank you for proving my point.
I'm a guy I like confidence in ladies too confidence is just attractive, unless I guess if your just completely looking to dominate a relationship I guess.
Except that wasn't even true in the 50s, when that mindset was prevalent, and it hasn't got any more accurate in the last 60 years.Damir Halilovic said:
From my experience, women like CONFIDENCE, not excessive swagger. Women (and guys, for that matter) can smell fake confidence from a mile away. Confidence, at least in my mind, means a calm, collected, nothing-to-prove kind of manner. Being comfortable and relaxed. Getting all up in peoples faces all the time, to me, suggests insecurity, like that person constantly needs to prove to themselves and everyone around them how badass they are. This topic actually arises occasionally in my sport, Powerlifting. The best lifters are almost universally "quietly confident", at least before they actually lift that is.
On the topic of confident women, I actually LOVE confidence in women. I don't know how to handle a shy girl, I constantly feel like I need to be careful so as to not freak them out. It's much nicer to be with someone who is comfortable in their own skin.
On the topic of confident women, I actually LOVE confidence in women. I don't know how to handle a shy girl, I constantly feel like I need to be careful so as to not freak them out. It's much nicer to be with someone who is comfortable in their own skin.
It's called trickery, the shy heartthrob in question isn't actually shy, he doesn't even have the realistic appearance of being shy. He stands on a stage on tour 365 days a year and is told to masquerade around with naivety. Again, the women only care that the guy is successful and "confident". If he wasn't a stage performer, and instead only carried around the "shy, naive" traits, they really wouldn't give a shit about him.Zachary Amaranth said:
I misread what you were saying, or maybe I still am.
Hold on while I go through all the evidence and studies you linked proving your point.Zachary Amaranth said:
i don't think it's just women, i think it's people in general. nobody likes a whiny depressed emo boy who is always dramatic and insults them self.
You called those two your friends? From the sounds of it, they didn't really build themselves up as quality sex material, but more like trying to cut you two down to seem relatively better and then win by default, because, you know, women can't just walk away. The women could probably smell the desperation on them.Katatori-kun said:
Oh, and as soon as you said...
...I thought gay preacher. Those situations always make me chuckle.
It's so annoying to see every second guy in this thread go: "it's not just women, men love confidence in their partner too". ARGHHH!! Personally i don't give a crap about confidence in a woman! Only problem i have with dating a woman with low self-confidence is that, since i have low self-confidence as well it's kinda hard to meet-up since it would be hard for both of us to make the first step.
Isn't it a touch hypocritical to make a big speech about how men like the feminine and women like the masculine with no linked proof or evidence, then tear me down for not providing the same? The burden of proof lies with the original affirmative claim, my friend.Damir Halilovic said:
I don't think there is one thing I could point at and say "Do that around someone and they'll know you're confident." It's a totality of one's behavior. To me, confidence is defined by how we handle our insecurities. If someone allows their insecurities to run rampant to manifest in ways such as insulting themselves, poor self-esteem, etc, then that's no good. However, if someone puts an iron grip on those insecurities and effectively bottles them up, they may appear confident, but those insecurities will manifest themselves in other toxic ways, like demeaning another person to feel better about yourself or perfectionism bordering on obsessive compulsion. The key is to recognize one's insecurities, faults, and failings and to be honest with them. Change what one can and don't be shaken by what can't be changed, even go so far as to own those insecurities. If one can do that, they'll show others their confidence, as a matter of course. It's all in the prep work.Katatori-kun said:
It's much easier said than done and usually involves a lot of pride swallowing, though.
Probably because you're talking about "Everyone's definition". We all work from subtly, or vastly different definitions. If you take them all at once, you'll have a bad time. Although I'm not sure that the definitions are all that different.janjotat said:
Me personally, when I say, confidence, I mean that a person has the belief that they are competent in their skills, and believes that they are likely to succeed at their endeavours as a result.
Which is basically a poorly worded version of what you can find here:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/confidence or here http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/confidence
Yeah. Like I said, it's a dipstick.Katatori-kun said:
Trump may be a bit childish in his public discourse, and is aging less gracefully than one might aspire to, but anyone who's that rich has to be pretty confident in their business acumen, at least.
As for your friend, people kill themselves for all kinds of reasons. Without wishing to disrespect the dead, even someone who has everything under control has some issues they just can't handle, no matter how confident they are.
A dipstick tells you if you've got oil in your vehicle, and gives you a rough measurement of how much you have. A car with plenty of oil is probably going to run better than a car with very little oil. Still, the dipstick won't tell you if you've got the right kind of oil, or if the oil needs to be changed. It certainly doesn't tell you anything about the overall state of the engine.
In other words, you didn't overthink my metaphor as much as I thought you would, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
What do you mean all women like a confident man? Some women like submissive men. It makes them feel powerful in a world there are traditionally viewed as weak. In addition, some women like awkward geeky guys because don't come on as strong. Peoples' taste in potential partners is varied and influenced by many factors, for both genders.