Esther Vilar says that sex and attraction are very different for men compared to women. Women are attracted to men that are providers and/or to make other women jealous.
This is a good post and makes sense, but I'm wondering what other people that say they've been systematically disadvantaged, like women and US minorities would say about it? Is one true, both true, or neither?
Does this remind you of the Bene Gesserit from Dune? I see a lot of similar ideas played out in the story. A group of women is secretly manipulating the world through plotting and deception.