Thanks. Obviously, we could go point and counterpoint ad nauseam, and I don’t want to be tedious like that.

My biggest problem revolves around this “confidence” issue. In the article, it says, ”I and many other women enjoy a man who takes charge and goes for what he wants.” So, women put it out there that they want a man “who takes charge and goes for what he wants.” After all, it is a kind of a compliment to a woman that she has motivated her partner to want her and to express it in that way, assuming that she intended to do so. But, “going for what he wants is not” consistent with asking for and waiting for an explicit “yes.” Obviously, I am not talking about a man ignoring repeated “no’s” and/or overpowering a woman who is trying to push a man away (unless it’s an agreed role play, perhaps with a safe word) but I hope you will agree that these opposing concepts, “go for what you want,” and proceed only with an explicit “yes,” are in conflict, and it can put a man in a tenuous situation with no clear solution. So, does he leave that female appreciated confidence at the door? Again, thanks for your thoughts.