I would like feedback from both men and women. I have posted excerpts from a few articles, remember just excerpts, not the full article. I did this because I did not want anyone to go cheat by going to the ending. I hope to have some good stimulating dialog on the subject. To help women understand how men may view strong women and what can they do. Likewise strong women, what do you want men to understand?
"Some women believe that successful men are intimidated by successful women, that men prefer young lap dogs who stroke their fragile egos instead of strong women who challenge them as equals."- Tao of Steve
"When women are too assertive, whatever that mysterious measure is, theyre branded with that great big B word or worse. And, yet, when they dont quite make it to an acceptable measure of assertiveness, they are politely dismissed as inconsequential as buyers, whether they are acting independently or as a couple. It turns out that striking the perfect balance between charm and assertiveness is challenging at the very least. Many women have deemed it a fruitless effort, so they dont even try."-Sex Advice Column
"Smart women are less likely to marry. Successful men are romantically interested only in their secretaries. And if a woman makes a lot of money, men will be intimidated. Conservative and liberal pundits alike mythologized the failure of feminism and the "waste" of these talented women who were searching for soul mates."-ABC News
"Look, a guy who just wants to have sex with you might very well be intimidated by the fact that youre kind of a bad ass. What theyre looking for is someone who is super easy to deal with for the purposes of nailing them. Think predator stalking a herd of deer. If the man is in this mode, hes not going to be going for the strongest in the herd. This might be what youre seeing as in, a guy who pays a lot of attention to you, but when he figures out that youre, you know, YOU, he bails in favor of some young bimbo who cant count past eleventeen."-Manslation
"Some women believe that successful men are intimidated by successful women, that men prefer young lap dogs who stroke their fragile egos instead of strong women who challenge them as equals."- Tao of Steve
"When women are too assertive, whatever that mysterious measure is, theyre branded with that great big B word or worse. And, yet, when they dont quite make it to an acceptable measure of assertiveness, they are politely dismissed as inconsequential as buyers, whether they are acting independently or as a couple. It turns out that striking the perfect balance between charm and assertiveness is challenging at the very least. Many women have deemed it a fruitless effort, so they dont even try."-Sex Advice Column
"Smart women are less likely to marry. Successful men are romantically interested only in their secretaries. And if a woman makes a lot of money, men will be intimidated. Conservative and liberal pundits alike mythologized the failure of feminism and the "waste" of these talented women who were searching for soul mates."-ABC News
"Look, a guy who just wants to have sex with you might very well be intimidated by the fact that youre kind of a bad ass. What theyre looking for is someone who is super easy to deal with for the purposes of nailing them. Think predator stalking a herd of deer. If the man is in this mode, hes not going to be going for the strongest in the herd. This might be what youre seeing as in, a guy who pays a lot of attention to you, but when he figures out that youre, you know, YOU, he bails in favor of some young bimbo who cant count past eleventeen."-Manslation