What does "Where Are All The Good Men" Mean, Part II. The Presumptions.

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In Part I, we explored the real meaning of The Big Question, and its unspoken parts. And we discovered what a Good Man is. Whether you agree or disagree, remember: To women, a Good Man for our purposes is

sexually attractive, good looking, marriage minded, father-material, resources-rich, wants to marry me, and wants to have children with me.

Here, in Part II, we'll explore the presumptions that underlie the Question.

The main presumption is:

I am entitled to a Good Man's attention, commitment, and resources.

The secondary presumptions are corollaries. They are:

I have already qualified for a Good Man. I don't need to do or be anything else to qualify for a Good Man.

Good Men must qualify themselves to me.

There might be different reasons for the presumption.

Sometimes the reason is "Because I bring [insert traits here] to the table and am ready, willing and able to offer them".

Sometimes it's "Because I'm finally ready to settle down and have sown my wild oats."

Sometimes it's "Because I put myself have been through hell and I did a lot of bad stuff because of my own choices and decisions a lot of bad stuff has happened to me through no fault of my own, and it's my time now. (These are overrepresented here at WAATGMG.)

And sometimes it's merely "Because I am a woman. Because I want and need a Good Man, and it is society's job to give me a Good Man. Because I have the vagina and I make the rules." (These are the worst ones, and are also overrepresented here.)

The reason women fail, and show up here, is because they gave little to no thought to what they bring to the table. They have not asked, or got wrong answers to, these questions:

What do I have that a Good Man wants?

What can I offer him?

Am I willing and able to offer those things to him?

Am I doing the right things to find Good Men?

Most often, the prime reason they show up here is because they have found out that they are not entitled to a Good Man, they don't have what it takes to attract and keep a Good Man, and they have little to nothing to offer that a Good Man wants or needs.

Part III is here.