what women want

Somewhere there's an organisation who specialise in teaching guys the tricks to just 'pick up women'. Unfortunately I forget the name, although I've read about them . One of the key moves is a kind of 'barbed compliment' such as "Your hair looks really nice - is it real"? (seriously!). Apparently this intrigues women much more than common-or-garden slushy compliments. The whole system becomes pretty much a game - which is what you're saying. In the article I read, women were like *really* stroppy about this whole 'immoral' concept. YET apparently it is a mega-succesful method and has many satisfied members

There's a book I highly recommend to you: "THE SYSTEM: How to Get Laid Today!" by Roy Valentine.
This man is the master-guru-grand puba of down-and-dirty dating tactics. In this cheap, slim volume, you will learn more than you ever dreamed possible about what's really going on in flirting, dating, and picking up women.
CAUTION: I reject his primary goal (promiscuous sex), and I don't think it good to use his methods necessarily. (I don't, even though I know them by heart. I wouldn't respect myself.) But man, this stuff is vital to know ABOUT. He gives you the skinny on how dating and flirting really work, and how you play the game of closing the deal with a lady.
Every aspie guy should read this book, so he knows what's really happening around him. I'm telling you, it's a fantastic investment.
Not that I'm acusing you of this, (your last statement pretty much shows you're not the type) but the idea of using women for sex, and books on how to do it offends me.
In fact, I suspect that the whole idea very likely is sexist all around (men and women)
That being said, I'm not entirely against using "cheap tricks" when you're just getting to know someone.
On the other hand, some women probably want to "Played". In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of them knew exactly what was going on.
Thanks.
Yes, and we men do the same thing. We talk about how we're looking for someone fun and interesting to talk to, and then a blonde with a pair of DDs come through the room and all male conversation stops ...
Ha!

You've got to watch out for this. Men and women have one thing in their heads, and they practice quite another in the real world.
Yeah, that's another trap: "Do you believe the cr*p I'm selling you?" Watch at a gathering and you'll see. The girls who do a lot of disclaiming about how they like to take things slow and really connect with someone are usually the ones who end up drunk and on their backs by the end of the night with a guy they've just met. Why is this? Because they're trying to convince themselves and someone else of something they don't really practice. Same thing again: one thing in their minds, another in the real world....
On the other hand, the girls who are dressed like streetwalkers and seem to be flirting with everything in sight? They'll go home alone. What are they doing, then? Trying to score attention points. (Read the book I've recommended above, and you'll understand what that means...)
Yeah, you REALLY need to read that book. Seduction has more to do with NOT touching than touching. It has to do with setting a woman up to think she can almost but not quite have you, then controlling her in a way she wants to be controlled.
Okay, this is really important: a sense of humor, being able to joke and converse in a witty fashion, is actually a dead serious indicator of a special kind of intelligence.
Wit is the process of taking dissimilar items or ideas and recombining them into inventive new concepts, usually with some irony. (I.e., people laugh at the guy who uses the coffee table as a slide to serve drinks.) It's very close to the thought process of art, and it is a very desirable survival capability. It's a sort of inventive IQ.
Guys who can repartee and joke are really showing their survival capability and therefore desirability. Women love it more than almost anything except power, money, and fame. Men who are heavy, balding, unattractive, or otherwise working with a deficit can make up for it all with a great sense of humor. Physiologically, humor is linked to sexual desire. It's one of the most important factors in bonding with a woman.
Not surprisingly, we aspies have trouble with this a lot.
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I understand. Despite my jaded views on all this, I instinctively recoil from manipulating and lying to women, and I probably wouldn't want to know Mr. Valentine personally. I certainly won't take it personally if you don't read Mr. Valentine's book.
Oh, they know, and they loved to be played. That's the game. They're almost sure they've got it all figured out. Almost. And it's the "almost" that keeps them interested.

Might or might not. I can see how it would make good material for a scathing rant.
As far as the manipulation goes, as much as it disgusts me? I suspect a lot of what the type to fall for it do some pretty disgusting things too.
Namely what a lot of the other posters have described.
Still, just because people are in general disgusting doesn't mean you have to be the same way. Nor do you have to follow their rules.
I so hope you're right as I believe I'm top-notch in the respect, compassion and integrity departments. Not too bad at making people laugh either! But something doesn't compute as I've been rejected many times and been ignored so often I even started ignoring myself. So what's happening here?
Total speculation, but here goes: these attributes have to be visible. Instantly. How can you tell how much compassion and integrity someone has when in a 300db volume nightclub with lazers burning your retinas? Looks, physique, good clothing and macho dancing ability are all thats going to get communicated here. And I rate less than zero in these areas.
I believe these admirable qualities may be desirable for serious relationship, but not for a quick fling. Also that the man must be above a certain level of physical attractiveness too. You're joking about the hunchback with no teeth, surely??! ! A man who has all these qualities yet was at the back of the queue whan God handed out the faces, is (I monologue from experience) likely to have many 'platonic' female friends. Sadly, these will never cross the divide and become lovers, even though they continually say that they admire you for your "respect, compassion, intelligence, kindness to animals and children etc etc "!
Presumably, if one is frequently 'serial dating', then is it right to assume that the men you are attracted to do not actually possess these characteristics to the level you thought when you first met them? So not only must a man have these qualities (many of them don't), women must be able to detect them (many of them can't) . Our shared lack of success at this is reflected in the 50% divorce rate!
The other possibility is that this is what Anandamide and her friends want. Maybe you wanted something different when younger? I'm sure all women don't want the same thing, anyway, so maybe there are those after something different. Power, influence and a huge bank account, perhaps

ManErg, I noticed your posts right away because you seem, at least from your online persona, to be exactly the sort of man that women like to be around. I would compare someone like you to a gourmet dinner. But if I was hungry I might pass up that gourmet dinner in favor of the bag of nacho chips being thrust in my face every time I turn around. So I would go for the nacho chips rather than waiting for the great dinner, and probably make myself feel ill in the process.
If you believe that all women are shallow contemptible creatures who will always choose physical looks and wealth over a decent guy, well then your opinion of women is pretty low. That attitude will be evident to women in countless ways no matter how hard you try to "feign" respect, compassion and integrity for women. What that low opinion of women actually amounts to is a hatred of women, and it stereotypes women through their sexuality. Who wants to be around someone who secretly hates them?
There are some women who fall for abusive men, but studies show that those men have a decipherable pattern of charming the woman, and then slowly implementing behavior designed to isolate the woman and take away her choices. I know, I've had this happen to me. And NOT by someone who was good looking either, by a really very ugly man.
ComKeen, You accuse me of bragging. Bragging? No, I do not consider it any great compliment to be lumped in with 40,000 other women that particular guy has met or seen who he considers "prime meat".
I now see that I always went for men who had what I now know was some form of neurodiversity or other. And when I reached 40 years or so I found that I was finally able to articulate the situation. I now know, after receiving my diagnosis for Asperger's, that the reason I never got into a relationship with those succcessful NT men was because it creates a power inbalance between myself and an NT man for me to be in a relationship with someone who is (for want of a better term) "fully functioning" when I have so many issues dealing with the NT world.
I've read a few posts here where Aspie men are asking what women want, or lamenting that women only go for men who are goodlooking or have alot of money. That is so WRONG.
I feel somewhat qualified to speak about this because when I was younger I was one of those women who got hit on alot.
I'm not sure how your past beauty and effects on men makes you qualified to speak for ALL women as it only makes you more qualified to tell us what men want.. unless of course you've had experience on the other side of the fence. It also presumes you speak for all 'unattractive' women as well.. do you know what percentage of the population is deemed 'attractive'? It's something like 10%. All you are qualified in doing is telling us what YOU want from men.
I am what some would be considered 'attractive' but personally I LIKE good looking men.. [gotta have a spark] but attractiveness in my experience is not what makes men fall all over women and hit on them all the time. They have to be approachable. I know this because I am often told [by male friends] that trying to chat up women either requires alot of courage or alot of booze, and when some men try pick me up if I don't want them hanging around me they either get the message straight away, or they deem it futile before even trying [which I'm fine with].
Providing he is intelligent, talented, adventurous [ex. camping.. I get bored easily

I have no qualms about that.. so long as he doesn't spend my money on pot.
It's true!
Honestly.. couldn't really give a toss about his 'inner beauty' if he has no teeth.
I think it should be obvious that I don't literally speak for all women. I was speaking CONTEXTUALLY that in my experience women would rather be charmed by a guy with great personality than go out with a "ken doll" or someone who wants to buy their affection with his money.
I said that a man "could" be Quasimodo and still find ways to charm a woman, if he had the right inner qualities. Obviously Quasimodo would have to work to overcome his deficit in physical attractiveness by using his inner qualities to charm a woman, but it can be done. Those inner qualities can add up to alot of charm. The most charismatic men are not necessarily the best looking. I've seen it happen many a time.
EDIT: You know, forget it. Im getting ahead of myself and Im too tired to be bogged down in flames. But I'd like to add one thing: could we stop talking about extremes here? This is not about the extremely ugly or extremely pretty individuals. This is about average looking blokes like me, as I pointed out earlier, that constantly get ignored by the average looking females!
Yeah, you REALLY need to read that book. Seduction has more to do with NOT touching than touching. It has to do with setting a woman up to think she can almost but not quite have you, then controlling her in a way she wants to be controlled.
I would love to hear some of the things in that book. The local public library system does not carry that book, unfortunately! Care to share???



Yeah, I imagine they don't.
I'd love to break the book down for you, but it's really a lot of material, and I don't think I should do that here. I'm not sure that this thread is the best place.
If you look in some of my back-articles, I discuss some of the stuff there.
But many large bookstores and Amazon.com carry the book. It's something like $12 US, and it's worth it.
I want to iterate, since tempers seem to be high and misunderstanding ripe, that I don't endorse manipulation of women in any way. I don't do it (at least that I'm aware of), and I never encourage others to do it. I like to take my time, meet a woman with similar interests whom I really enjoy, and aim toward a mutual commitment.
Rather, Valentine's book is required reading so that the aspie--man or woman--understands the lowest common denominators of dating and mating. Otherwise, aspies get lost in all the high-minded horse poo people promulgate as dating ethics.
If you don't understand the rules or if you shy from the seedier aspects of the dating scene, then you're not thinking straight about it. You don't have to use dirty tactics, but by golly, you'd better understand them, or YOU get played.
No, aspies deserve to understand what's going on, and that book will give it to you. Then you can make an informed choice.
Above all, women want to play games. (Which is hilarious, because women swear up and down they hate games and wish someone would just be real...) Respect is antithetical to playing the game well. If you show deference or esteem, you are acknowledging that you are playing by a woman's rules, i.e., you've already lost, and you become about as interesting as a chair. Women tell you they want to have the control that respect gives them, but they actually go home with the guy who acts like he doesn't care, and even makes a few pointedly disrespectful remarks to show he's in control, and you can go to heck if you don't like it. Those guys get to pick and choose their women.
Another thing women want that goes against respect is romance. Women want to be seduced, and seduction is a lie. It can be a harmless one, depending on the circumstance, but it's NEVER respectful. Women want and expect that lie, and they brutally reject any man who can't supply it.
Guys who naturally give deference or esteem to women either learn fast to hide it or get destroyed. That's not to say one has to be a total A-hole (although that seems to work for a lot of guys); nevertheless, respect in every sense of the word says that you're admitting to a woman you either want her or are afraid of her in some way, and if she senses either of these qualities in you, she knows she can do better, and off she goes. She wants the man she's not sure she can have, and that man is not repsectful. No, he's the one who can show his merits in the game.
The one exception to this: men who are powerful, famous, or known to be very rich. These men don't even have to play the game of seduction and courtship to have women. They don't have to make anybody laugh, or show compassion, feigned or otherwise. Wealth, power, and fame are turn-ons enough. Women want those for their own sake.
That's not to say that what you said is completely wrong. Part of the game is being able to joke around and at least feign compassion and interest in a woman's life. But to say that it's simple, that women just want compassion, respect, and a funny guy is like saying: "Baseball is a simple game in which you sweep dirt off the home plate." There's a whole game there not being allowed for.
Now, I'll even admit that honest respect, compassion, and humor might work with one magical person or your soulmate; but to give that as general advice to men is akin to throwing them to the wolves. They'll get ripped to shreds and come limping away wondering why they were:
politely tolerated
ignored
laughed at behind their backs
ignored
openly ridiculed
ignored
rejected
and then ... ignored.
Maybe you should date Aspies, or older women who've tired of such nonsense.

PS - You play, you'll likely end up with a player.
I'm flattered by this! And I've noticed you're posts too as being amongst the more intelligent and wise contributions here. Not that I'm insulting the majority - it's an age thing and most of the people here are <30 and I believe that most will be in a far better position than myself at my age - especially given the insights offered by yourself and Groovy Druid etc.
My online persona is not consciously different to in-the-flesh. Naturally it's more articulate as we have more time to think about what we're trying to say and more time to absorb and ponder what the others are saying. And yes, before I was married I did have a lot of women around me. Very good friends that I'm sorry I lost touch with - but the pain of being continually rejected as a lover was way too much for me to handle.
Well, that's not the first time I have been accused of 'hating' women. I don't know if you're aiming that specifically at me or men in general, if at me then it shows how true your words are: that even when trying to be not too serious, this shows through. No offence taken - a good observation by you, in fact!
Deep down, of course I don't hate women and I do not feign compassion and integrity. Quite often I find I have to hide them just to get through the situations that life presents. However, above this there is a layer of self-protection that has developed to try and make sense of my experience. And this layer is very confused by and wary of women in general. I think you're aware of some struggles I've been having in my current relationship on another thread?
The situation is that our behaviour changes the behaviour of others towards us - and the behaviour of others changes our behaviour to them. It's a behavioural feedback loop and I'm only beginning to realise that we have to be prepared to change our behavior to break out of this.
But I still think that Groovy Druids advice is more useful to the aspie male

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No. You had a whole paragraph dedicated to illustrating how 'hot' you were; you've heard every pick up line, how guys use to almost fight over you etc. and you actually SAID that these reasons qualified you to speak for ALL women so there weren't any clues that it wasn't literal. I'm sorry if my reading it that way offended you but thats it was written.
Hunch or not Esmeralda was still out of his league.. like attracts like. The beautiful end up with the beautiful.. average with the average [or sometimes talented with talented, intelligence with telligence etc] there needs to be a high level of empathy somewhere.
Sometimes there are exceptions to the rule like really hot women on the arms of rich old guys.. but again many of them aren't really attractive.. they just have a good doctor and a wllingness to go under the knife regulary.
I've met heaps of goodlooking aresholes.. I lived with one for years [turned out he had a split personality. I liked the 'nice' guy.]. There are many men who's charm makes them more appealing phisically.. and there are many good looking blokes that just aren't attractive because they let their inner pig talk for them, or have no confidence or really bad haircuts. Image can be everything but you've got to be able to sell the product.
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