Aridarr wrote:
I often wonder if men who are unsuccessful with women view romantically successful men as "Jerks" and "a**holes" simply because they are bitter and envious of their success.
That can be true, as jealousy can bring out the worst bias in people. But I know an a**hole who is successful with women, and I'm not just calling him an a**hole because of some kind of personal jealously, I'm calling him an a**hole because me and many other people (guys and girls) have seen how immature and disrespectful he is. But sure enough he still seems to get plenty of hot dates.
Why? It can't be because of masculinity, as frankly I could own him any day, but if masculinity is based on maturity, then he certainly doesn't tick that box either as he acts very immature. Don’t get me wrong, I think that having high self esteem and a confident, outgoing personality can be a very good thing, but this guy and other a**holes confuse 'confident guy' for 'immature attention whore'; the resulting product is someone that throws maturity and respect out the window so that they can come across to girls as someone who is independent and confident, when in reality he's just a boy that's 'all talk- no trousers'.