Hey guys, there's something I've been wondering about and thought I'd get some outside perspectives.
Lately I keep hearing guys refer to "Independent women" in a very negative way. They mention how unattractive it is and how silly it is for a woman to think she doesn't "need" a man.
I get that men and women are designed to compliment each other's strengths and weaknesses. No argument there. But there's plenty of us ladies who have entered middle age and realize that we might never have a man looking out for us. So, in that case......wouldn't it be silly for us to go about "needing" something we don't have? Isn't the logical course of action to figure out how to make do without something you might NEVER have?
Perhaps I am misunderstanding what men mean by "independent". I would have thought it just meant a woman who pays her own bills, doesn't make her problems other people's problems, and probably won't call you sobbing from the side of the road because she forgot to put gas in the car. But maybe I'm mistaken about that, and men are referring to something else entirely?
Anyways, thoughts? I realize that not all men are turned off by independence, I'm just curious why anyone would be..... seems like its a good trait regardless of gender, yet I generally hear it like it's a bad thing for women and a good thing for men.
Lately I keep hearing guys refer to "Independent women" in a very negative way. They mention how unattractive it is and how silly it is for a woman to think she doesn't "need" a man.
I get that men and women are designed to compliment each other's strengths and weaknesses. No argument there. But there's plenty of us ladies who have entered middle age and realize that we might never have a man looking out for us. So, in that case......wouldn't it be silly for us to go about "needing" something we don't have? Isn't the logical course of action to figure out how to make do without something you might NEVER have?
Perhaps I am misunderstanding what men mean by "independent". I would have thought it just meant a woman who pays her own bills, doesn't make her problems other people's problems, and probably won't call you sobbing from the side of the road because she forgot to put gas in the car. But maybe I'm mistaken about that, and men are referring to something else entirely?
Anyways, thoughts? I realize that not all men are turned off by independence, I'm just curious why anyone would be..... seems like its a good trait regardless of gender, yet I generally hear it like it's a bad thing for women and a good thing for men.
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