This Psychology Today article that gives a rundown of the type of relationship strong, career-orientated women want now hits nails on heads for me.
It makes a number of strident and true points. I’ve added my own thoughts to the mix too:
* “There is a new type of male/female relationship forming in our culture not defined by who is more dominant and successful.” Indeed, there is a new whiff to things right now. I don’t know that anyone really “knows” how all this plays out yet, but we “feel” that the old “push/pull” of sexual relationships is redundant somehow. Every relationship needs a balance of yin and yang, but it can play out in so many different ways. Masculine strength can be about being a rock or being the “provider” of emotional stability to a frantically busy career woman. Sometimes all we want is a guy who can say “everything’s going to be OK” at the end of the day while massaging your foot.
* Strong women want a man who will share the responsibilities at home and won’t get his ego tied up in a knot over it.