Courage is the ultimate male strength quality. Its not a male strength quality because its exclusive to men. Its because its expected of men!

Men have to charge into battle, explore new frontiers. Men have to initiate with women and that takes courage.

Confidence is not a logical thing. It actually doesn't make logical sense to be confident going for a particular woman unless you can see the future, you face potential rejection. It doesn't make sense to feel confident in a situation that is new to you, that you have no experience with. But because each new woman you approach is a new situation with new variables, it technically does not make sense at all.

Courage is 100 times more important to society than confidence and its more important to women. I have seen men approach women shaking in their boots and still get somewhere because they displayed courage! If it wasn't important to women, women would be initiators. But they very rarely are. Its not like women have issues being social. But they won't initiate because they don't want a man who has no courage!

In any case if you don't practice courage you won't get anywhere! It takes courage to greet an attractive woman. It takes courage to start a conversation. It takes courage to ask her on a date. It takes courage to go for a kiss and so on. It is the ultimate fundamental! And you will never be confident without practicing this first. If and when you cannot be confident. Be courageous.