Gone are the days when men longed for the Good Little Wife to stay at home, all meek and mild, raising the children while they went out to earn the bacon. Today's men have grown up with liberated mothers, they've been informed that men and women can both be powerful, and they've learned to like it.
But why the shift? Here are some reasons that today's men love powerful women and have a hard time resisting them.
Men like women who think for themselves. If a marriage or relationship is supposed to be a partnership, then both parties must be equal. To be equal, both members of a couple must be able to think for themselves, not just submit to what the other wants.
That's not to say there's no compromise involved – all relationships involve compromise – but men love women who are independent-minded thinkers. It makes for a much more interesting partnership.
Ambition is a huge turn-on for most men. Women who want what they want and don't let anything get in their way turn most men on. Knowing that a woman can be ruthless, cunning, smart, and relentless makes men weak in the knees. Why? They're not afraid to make difficult choices.
Powerful women don't beat around the proverbial bush. They don't let men “guess” as to what they want in life. Powerful women say what they want directly, to the point and without fear of the consequences. Men don't enjoy games – they enjoy knowing upfront what their partner is all about.
Why do YOU think men like powerful women?
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My husband wants a powerful woman. He states all these reasons and more. He prefers a wife who has an education and career, wants to share the financial burden of providing for the family that we both created. He finds it a turn on for a woman to be a wife, mother, and career woman.
I suppose its all in how you were raised (for men, that is). I do know that in my circle of girlfriends that I grew up with, only one out of the 10 of our group wasn't really ambitious about her education and career; she was always focused on getting married and being a housewife. Interestingly, she is the only one in our circle who has never been married, and rarely even gets boyfriends.
Most men may like a woman with brains and thoughts of her own, but when it comes down to it, I believe men a biologically wired to want to "protect" a woman, to take the reins in the relationship. I am a divorced mom, own my own company, and certainly have the smarts and the will to make my own life, but I am happy to let my SO take the lead in the relationship. He respects everything about me, but my willingness to let him steer fills a very powerful innate need that almost all men have. They don't want to be emasculated.
Confident & strong/healthy sense of self women rule my world and there ain't nothing sexier than that.
Naturally, having those 2 qualities and a sense of direction in life are fundamental to success.
For us (success-driven - at whatever - for my best friend & I), that means that our potential/existing partners will find a lot of support in us to encourage her to continue to pursue her dreams, while understanding that she in turn, will support ours because she "gets it!"