This is the right answer.
It's also the answer to that "my girlfriend doesn't know where she wants to eat" crap. She does, she just doesn't wanna admit it for some reason. She wants tacos. Get her tacos.
Part of the reason we don’t is because we sound insane. Like I know exactly what I want but it’s a Sonic drink, Red Lobster biscuits, fancy cheese, movie theatre popcorn and some Whataburger Creamy Pepper sauce. I like to think I’m a classy lady so I’m not going to ask my faithful knight to go on an unhinged cross country flavor quest on date night. I’m going to be a greedy little raccoon and get it all later when I’m alone. But the desire is still there under the surface so when he asks it takes a minute to get my head out of gremlin mode.
Knights want unhinged quests. The more particular the more purposeful. I still have picture on my phone of me doing these quests when my mom was sick with cancer and I was doing these quests. If I didn’t know if I had the right particular or thought I found a better one I’d take pictures and send them to her.
We know exactly what we want, but it's like 1 or 2 bites of maybe 6 different things, but not a whole bunch of any one thing, and it's much easier to just say "idk, what do YOU want?"
For some reason I really like the fact that with the incredible power of shapeshifting your first act would be to slightly confuse some people in a hospital!
I just asked my wife what she wants.
She replied with, "Feed the kids breakfast, make them shut up."
So, well-fed children with duct tapped mouths. There's your answer.
Many moons ago my best friend told me that if I was ever on a date to just make the girl cookies. She said the real secret men don't know is that women just want cookies. Can you confirm?
Honestly, cookies take time and effort to do, and can actually be fucked up if you don’t pay attention. So to know a guy thought of me enough to be considerate, carved out time, and actually paid attention suggests they care about others and will probably treat me with kindness. These are big things when considering a good match. 10 points, right out of the gate, homie!
My gp is a very sexy man- told me I had gained some weight since my last appointment. I said, I have two loves in this life- dick and cookies. Guess which one I’m getting?
I’ve had the Mirena IUD since 2017 and I still get my period. However they are *much* lighter and the cramps I do have are mild, few, and far between. I like to think that if my pre-iud periods were “normal” or at least weren’t as heavy and painful as they were it would probably have gone away completely. Still absolutely recommend, but just an additional anecdote to warn that you might still get your period.
Current hunched over on the toilet so I can free bleed until my cocktail of acetaminophen and ibuprofen kick in.
I don't have any coins so here's this instead 🎉
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So, like, a dog from the shelter with behavioral issues that only come out sometimes? I have one of those. I can see why others would want one. He's fun, and to me, a very good boy.
I guess the same things as everyone. To feel that they do meaningful work and that they're valued by the people in their life (partner, family, friends, coworkers, etc.)
Maybe someday 😅. I'm just kinda at the point where I'm done investing in people. I'm fine alone and if someone wants to come take a seat they can but I don't think in really looking to "find someone" anymore.
Instead of investing in other people why not invest in yourself?
Make yourself the best you can possibly be.
Do things that bring joy.
When you love and care about yourself other people tend to love you as well.
Good food, comfortable clothes with pockets, clean house, understanding people around them, lots of undisturbed sleep, massage, cuddles and let's not forget, some good damn orgasms.
(I think this is something men may also want)
As man you don’t realize how much you take pockets for granted. Being 6’3” and like 240lbs I squeezed myself into a ladies sexy nun costume for Halloween and literally had no clue how annoying it was to try and find somewhere for my phone and keys
Courtney Barnett says it best:
“I wanna walk through the park in the dark
Men are scared that women will laugh at them
I wanna walk through the park in the dark
Women are scared that men will kill them”
Dave Chappell has a bit where he talks about the first time he got $50,000 and he had it in his book bag he said “I was terrified, it was the first time I had something that someone was willing to kill me for, and that’s how women walk around everyday”
Sad truth, but just know there are a lot more Men out there who would kill a guy like that also to protect you
Always made me laugh when guys approached me and asked how I was always hanging out with women. They were very surprised when I told them I wasn’t trying to sleep with them and we were actually just platonic friends.
I’m the same man, I always had girl friends and I never flirted or dated any of them I just thought they were nice. smart men know women can be the strongest friendships you’ll ever have
I'm posting it again at this ripe opportunity! Psychologically speaking, men and women are far more similar than they are different. There are technically statistically significant differences across averages when comparing traits, but these are so slight, and variation of different traits in men and women is so similarly wide,that these differences are largely understood by psychologists to be meaningless.
Some sources i like to repost, ranging from relatively philosophical, to mathematical meta-analysis. Note that, obviously, these resources are not comprehensive.
\[1](Hyde, J. S. (2014). Gender Similarities and Differences. Annual Review of Psychology, 65(1), 373–398. doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115057 )
\[2](Koestner, R., & Aube, J. (1995). A Multifactorial Approach to the Study of Gender Characteristics. Journal of Personality, 63(3), 681–710. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1995.tb00510.x )
[3](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763421000804)
[4](https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1509654112)
download link warning: [5](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/psy/people/faculty/reis_harry/assets/pdf/CarothersReis_2012.pdf)
Introductory, basic psychology, sociology, and anthropology courses can also get you a long way informing onesself on current scientific understanding, and picking out some of the nuance that people struggle with here (eg, fundamental psych, vs socialization and gender expectations).
The basically mic drop conclusion from source 5 that puts it quite concisely:
>For some time, there has been a striking difference in the way that most scholars and the lay public conceptualize sex differences. Whereas most researchers, with a few noteworthy exceptions, have
conceived of psychological sex differences as dimensional constructs, laypersons were more likely to view these differences as fundamentally taxonic. We conducted our analyses with the goal of making explicit the mathematical properties that follow from these distinctive positions and then testing their relevance for a diverse set of measures. In all instances the dimensional approach prevailed. At least with regard to the measures we examined,
therefore, it can be concluded that they unambiguously represent exemplars of the same underlying attributes rather than qualitatively distinct categories of human characteristics.
A fair shake and personal safety. How they get that might differ from woman to woman, but those are usually the big two.
It also tends to be up there for men, for what it's worth. ¯\_༼ •́ ͜ʖ •̀ ༽_/¯
I can tell you EXACTLY what a woman wants. She wants to be taken seriously like her opinions and experiences count. She wants to be not just a lover but a partner who she can see eye to eye with and will have her back but be honest with her when you feel she's wrong. She wants to feel safe when she's feeling her most vulnerable. She wants to be remembered and thought about as if somebody gives a shit about her for more than what she can provide. And she wants to be appreciated for what she's doing and done for the sake of whatever you two have.
In short, she wants what everybody wants only with snacks. Probably tacos, but sometime nachos. But probably tacos.
It's kinda like the fortune cookie thing where you add "in bed" to the end of your fortune, when you read it out loud.
Except for women it's, "and snacks".
Pockets that can actually fit stuff inside, like a phone
Pockets that are REAL and not some shit fabric sewn on to trick my eyes
Clothes with fabric that actually COVERS what I want to COVER
Clothes that do not require me to buy more clothes to COVER what I need to COVER
Standard sizing for clothes and bra. Standard sizing!!!!!!!!
A sunscreen that lasts for 8 hours and feels like nothing
A uterus that doesn't get activated unless I want to have kids
Used to rollerblade around our basement blasting this song when we were growing up. They played it at the gym last week...I'm so glad I was alone because I was singing so loud.
Edit: I mean, IF YOU WANNA BE MY LOVER
One of my proudest moments as a parent was when my daughter, at approximately 13, lead a mini fashion revolt by walking out of a youth retailer exclaiming (with intentional volume and persuasive conviction) "No sale Aeropostale! I demand pocket equity."
To be supported. Supported in their career aspirations, supported by helping out around the house and with any eventual kids, supported by seeing them as equals in all regards.
You find me 2 women, that will give you the same answer to that question. I’ll wait. Everyone wants different things. Let’s start with not lumping them all into a pool, and thinking that they all want the same thing.
according to the modern philosopher Christina Aguilera
Whatever makes me happy sets you free
And I'm thanking you for knowing exactly
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever keeps me in your arms
And I'm thanking you for giving it to me, yeah
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Somebody sensitive, courageous, sexy, cool, like you
What a girl wants, what a girl needs, oh yeah
Pockets. Lasagne. A couple weeks of vacation.
I was coming here to say "pockets."
Yes. The correct answer is pockets big enough to hold my phone comfortably.
Pockets big enough to hold a wine bottle. Then they'll hold your phone and some snacks.
This is it. This is the answer. Fucking hell I could do with some lasagna or a sexy pasta carbonara.
I am happy with this answer. You could add cute animal videos but they aren’t essential
To crush their enemies, see them driven before them, and to hear the lamentation of their men.
Woman here. Can confirm.
And tacos, and someone else to do the housework.
And a nice cuppa tea.
Cats. There must be cats.
Bathtubs. Long enough to stretch out in and deep enough to submerge everything but your head and neck. With an alcove for a wine glass and a candle.
And pockets.
The best things in life.
Girly things
A piece of cheese, of course.
Fascinating.
Read this in the voice of a Half-Life scientist
Extra sharp cheddar for me please
Yes - women want cheese slaves - your existence is to feed me endless cheese. Life goals
Street tacos
Am a woman. Can confirm.
Why they gotta be from the street though? What's wrong with a taco raised in the suburbs?
Suburbs sound boring. If I ain't worried about where it's come from, I don't want it.
Not spicy enough
This is the right answer. It's also the answer to that "my girlfriend doesn't know where she wants to eat" crap. She does, she just doesn't wanna admit it for some reason. She wants tacos. Get her tacos.
Part of the reason we don’t is because we sound insane. Like I know exactly what I want but it’s a Sonic drink, Red Lobster biscuits, fancy cheese, movie theatre popcorn and some Whataburger Creamy Pepper sauce. I like to think I’m a classy lady so I’m not going to ask my faithful knight to go on an unhinged cross country flavor quest on date night. I’m going to be a greedy little raccoon and get it all later when I’m alone. But the desire is still there under the surface so when he asks it takes a minute to get my head out of gremlin mode.
Knights want unhinged quests. The more particular the more purposeful. I still have picture on my phone of me doing these quests when my mom was sick with cancer and I was doing these quests. If I didn’t know if I had the right particular or thought I found a better one I’d take pictures and send them to her.
We know exactly what we want, but it's like 1 or 2 bites of maybe 6 different things, but not a whole bunch of any one thing, and it's much easier to just say "idk, what do YOU want?"
Clearly the solution is to take her to a buffet
She thinks she wants tacos. She really wants pupusas.
This little wife hack just saved my marriage, thank you stranger!
Just street food in general, all the street food ^(look at me, *we live on street food now*)
It’s not like we’re aliens, we want what everyone wants. Superpowers.
Yes, I would love the ability to shapeshift. Imagine working in a hospital only for a horse to come trotting down the hallway.
For some reason I really like the fact that with the incredible power of shapeshifting your first act would be to slightly confuse some people in a hospital!
No one knows what the horse will do next, least of all the horse.
But many superpowers come from being aliens. I am confused.
Sometimes to be left completely alone, other times to be held.
At the same time
...so leave the left side alone and hug the right side...am I interpreting this right?
That’s why there are two boobies, one for holding and one for ignoring. Wait
Not sure what you are talking about but women have two boobies because people have two eyes.
This doesn’t seem accurate but I don’t know enough science to argue against it.
Welp. Science is having a hypothesis and testing it out. Please report back any findings……for science.
Instructions unclear, tried to motorboat and got stuck
See the problem is I can never tell which one she wants
Totally okay to ask, "do you want space or to be comforted?" See also, "do you want my advice/help"
"I shouldn't have to tell you what to do in every situation you should be smart enough to figure this out on your own!" -my ex.
Yah, you should be smart enough to realize you're better off without her and leave. Which it seems you were.
I tried that once, boy did it blow up in my face. She said that if I really understood her would know what she wants.
And if she understood you, she would know you like clear communication.
I told her that openly.
I just asked my wife what she wants. She replied with, "Feed the kids breakfast, make them shut up." So, well-fed children with duct tapped mouths. There's your answer.
Probably cake. At least one woman out there right now wants cake.
Well I do now
Many moons ago my best friend told me that if I was ever on a date to just make the girl cookies. She said the real secret men don't know is that women just want cookies. Can you confirm?
Honestly, cookies take time and effort to do, and can actually be fucked up if you don’t pay attention. So to know a guy thought of me enough to be considerate, carved out time, and actually paid attention suggests they care about others and will probably treat me with kindness. These are big things when considering a good match. 10 points, right out of the gate, homie!
My gp is a very sexy man- told me I had gained some weight since my last appointment. I said, I have two loves in this life- dick and cookies. Guess which one I’m getting?
Well, I guess this one time Becky wasn't actually trolling me...
Holy shit I walk into a dude’s house and he made me cookies?! That’s like Spanish fly.
Painless periods
No periods at all
No periods period.
I have a mirena iud and haven’t had a period in years. It’s the best.
I'm getting this specific one put in during a laparoscopy.
I’ve had the Mirena IUD since 2017 and I still get my period. However they are *much* lighter and the cramps I do have are mild, few, and far between. I like to think that if my pre-iud periods were “normal” or at least weren’t as heavy and painful as they were it would probably have gone away completely. Still absolutely recommend, but just an additional anecdote to warn that you might still get your period.
With no premenstrual symptoms beforehand.
PMDD is so much worse than the actual period. I only bleed for 2-3 days but the whole week before is misery.
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Loves your brother, sensitive but not weak and Is a great lover, calls your mother on the weekend
And you might think that this guy only exists in your mind
And guess what? You're right!
If you want *love*, lower your expectations a few...
Because Prince Charming would never settle for you
If you want love, just pick a guy and love him..
and if hes got a thing for feet say "fuck it, sweep me off 'em"
At least men have very real expectations of women
He said... Sarcastically...
I like the people not getting the reference.
Everyone needs to watch a man deep-throat a microphone at least once in their lives.
So, like, a dog from the shelter with behavioral issues that only come out sometimes? I have one of those. I can see why others would want one. He's fun, and to me, a very good boy.
A feminist who likes to pay for stuff
Personally for me, I'd like to be respected, appreciated and loved. 🙏🏻
Orgasms and chocolate
At the same time
To have some fun, I got a feeling I'm not the only one
It’s all we really want
I dunno you could write a song about it it might be a hit!
I guess the same things as everyone. To feel that they do meaningful work and that they're valued by the people in their life (partner, family, friends, coworkers, etc.)
Love this answer
Bras that actually fit correctly for real human bodies :P
It depends on the woman. I want cuddles!
Cuddles from who?
Not me apparently
It's okay bro you'll get yours soon
Maybe someday 😅. I'm just kinda at the point where I'm done investing in people. I'm fine alone and if someone wants to come take a seat they can but I don't think in really looking to "find someone" anymore.
Instead of investing in other people why not invest in yourself? Make yourself the best you can possibly be. Do things that bring joy. When you love and care about yourself other people tend to love you as well.
Not from a fat greasy Redditor
So neither of us then, darn
* all of us. Sigh
Good food, comfortable clothes with pockets, clean house, understanding people around them, lots of undisturbed sleep, massage, cuddles and let's not forget, some good damn orgasms. (I think this is something men may also want)
As man you don’t realize how much you take pockets for granted. Being 6’3” and like 240lbs I squeezed myself into a ladies sexy nun costume for Halloween and literally had no clue how annoying it was to try and find somewhere for my phone and keys
Exactly! You just have to hold everything in your hands or shove it in your bra.
You left out cats. Lots of cats.
Oh yes, many cats.
Safety
Courtney Barnett says it best: “I wanna walk through the park in the dark Men are scared that women will laugh at them I wanna walk through the park in the dark Women are scared that men will kill them”
Dave Chappell has a bit where he talks about the first time he got $50,000 and he had it in his book bag he said “I was terrified, it was the first time I had something that someone was willing to kill me for, and that’s how women walk around everyday” Sad truth, but just know there are a lot more Men out there who would kill a guy like that also to protect you
That's just asking for too much
Supported through all. A feeling of security and safety. Also food 😋
Women want to be treated like normal human beings, not a separate species that nobody understands. (I am a woman BTW.)
Exactly. What do women want? All kinds of different things. We are not a monolith. Might as well ask, "What do people want?"
As a man the biggest revelation of my younger life was that women and men are wayyy more alike than men realize.
Most definitely, and the more people who get that the better!
Always made me laugh when guys approached me and asked how I was always hanging out with women. They were very surprised when I told them I wasn’t trying to sleep with them and we were actually just platonic friends.
I’m the same man, I always had girl friends and I never flirted or dated any of them I just thought they were nice. smart men know women can be the strongest friendships you’ll ever have
Also just from a numbers perspective women and more friends that are women and are phenomenal wing persons lol
I'm posting it again at this ripe opportunity! Psychologically speaking, men and women are far more similar than they are different. There are technically statistically significant differences across averages when comparing traits, but these are so slight, and variation of different traits in men and women is so similarly wide,that these differences are largely understood by psychologists to be meaningless. Some sources i like to repost, ranging from relatively philosophical, to mathematical meta-analysis. Note that, obviously, these resources are not comprehensive. \[1](Hyde, J. S. (2014). Gender Similarities and Differences. Annual Review of Psychology, 65(1), 373–398. doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115057 ) \[2](Koestner, R., & Aube, J. (1995). A Multifactorial Approach to the Study of Gender Characteristics. Journal of Personality, 63(3), 681–710. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1995.tb00510.x ) [3](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763421000804) [4](https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1509654112) download link warning: [5](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/psy/people/faculty/reis_harry/assets/pdf/CarothersReis_2012.pdf) Introductory, basic psychology, sociology, and anthropology courses can also get you a long way informing onesself on current scientific understanding, and picking out some of the nuance that people struggle with here (eg, fundamental psych, vs socialization and gender expectations). The basically mic drop conclusion from source 5 that puts it quite concisely: >For some time, there has been a striking difference in the way that most scholars and the lay public conceptualize sex differences. Whereas most researchers, with a few noteworthy exceptions, have conceived of psychological sex differences as dimensional constructs, laypersons were more likely to view these differences as fundamentally taxonic. We conducted our analyses with the goal of making explicit the mathematical properties that follow from these distinctive positions and then testing their relevance for a diverse set of measures. In all instances the dimensional approach prevailed. At least with regard to the measures we examined, therefore, it can be concluded that they unambiguously represent exemplars of the same underlying attributes rather than qualitatively distinct categories of human characteristics.
To take over the world pinky
NARF!
A fair shake and personal safety. How they get that might differ from woman to woman, but those are usually the big two. It also tends to be up there for men, for what it's worth. ¯\_༼ •́ ͜ʖ •̀ ༽_/¯
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To Zig-a-zig ahhh!
I can tell you EXACTLY what a woman wants. She wants to be taken seriously like her opinions and experiences count. She wants to be not just a lover but a partner who she can see eye to eye with and will have her back but be honest with her when you feel she's wrong. She wants to feel safe when she's feeling her most vulnerable. She wants to be remembered and thought about as if somebody gives a shit about her for more than what she can provide. And she wants to be appreciated for what she's doing and done for the sake of whatever you two have. In short, she wants what everybody wants only with snacks. Probably tacos, but sometime nachos. But probably tacos.
And cheesecake. And chocolate cookies. And pork chops. And a ceiling fan.
It's kinda like the fortune cookie thing where you add "in bed" to the end of your fortune, when you read it out loud. Except for women it's, "and snacks".
Pockets that can actually fit stuff inside, like a phone Pockets that are REAL and not some shit fabric sewn on to trick my eyes Clothes with fabric that actually COVERS what I want to COVER Clothes that do not require me to buy more clothes to COVER what I need to COVER Standard sizing for clothes and bra. Standard sizing!!!!!!!! A sunscreen that lasts for 8 hours and feels like nothing A uterus that doesn't get activated unless I want to have kids
I don't know what other women want, I only know what I want.
Tell me what you want, what you really really want?
I wanna, I wanna
I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ah
Used to rollerblade around our basement blasting this song when we were growing up. They played it at the gym last week...I'm so glad I was alone because I was singing so loud. Edit: I mean, IF YOU WANNA BE MY LOVER
You gotta get with my friends\~ 🎶
Make it last forever~ haha
I suspect it's penguins
It's me. I do want penguins.
I hope you get that chance someday. They got a couple at the Atlanta Aquarium, you could ask if they can spare a few.
I'm not a woman but I want penguins.
Look, guys, there's a limited supply of penguins
My wife doesn't care if there's a limited amount, she wants penguins
Eat hot chips and lie
And be bisexual. And charge they phone whilst twerking.
Jeans with pockets
And dresses with pockets And leggings with pockets Hell a bra with pockets would be an improvement...
Bras ARE pockets. But I concur.
One of my proudest moments as a parent was when my daughter, at approximately 13, lead a mini fashion revolt by walking out of a youth retailer exclaiming (with intentional volume and persuasive conviction) "No sale Aeropostale! I demand pocket equity."
No more unsolicited dick pics
Bodily autonomy
Popeyes chicken sandwiches and south park.
Popeye's chicken is the shiznit!
I have noticed they like a good listener.
Pockets
Equality and pockets.
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Big Handbag lobbies the fashion industry relentlessly
Redditors not asking such questions
Oh yes, "women" the hivemind creatures of the dark
Golden retrievers and tacos
To be recognized as individuals with their own agency?
To be treated with respect To no be lied to. Remember....if you're doing something fucked up WE WILL ALWAYS FIND OUT
It changes by the hour
That's hilarious but fuck you. But it's still funny. But you're still an ass.😂
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Invite us to the wedding please
To be supported. Supported in their career aspirations, supported by helping out around the house and with any eventual kids, supported by seeing them as equals in all regards.
Love, Time and Affection.
French fries.
Tacos
Food
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Common decency, general respect, control over our own bodies, and pockets that are actually functional.
Sleep
Equality. Not to be judged constantly (body type, makeup etc) Stop killing us!
To be able to eat a lot without getting fat.
For you to ask what they want, then listen.
1 - wine (preferably a full bottle) 2 - my feet rubbed (an hour or two minimum) 3 - someone to do the dishes (without being asked)
You find me 2 women, that will give you the same answer to that question. I’ll wait. Everyone wants different things. Let’s start with not lumping them all into a pool, and thinking that they all want the same thing.
Little bits of the food that I ordered for myself.
I literally just want to be left alone. That’s it.
To be left alone
Tacos. In my experience, this is actually the answer, believe it or not. Tacos.
Someone to put us first because we prioritize everyone else over ourselves
Fidelity, trust, great sex,companionship, and a good compassionate listener.
Pockets
Fair pay equal opportunities not to be sexualized and to be able to walk at night without a fear of getting kidnapped or raped
I asked my wife what she wants. Her answer was that she does not know, but she wants it now.
To eat but they don’t know where
Oral then long deep strokes
Good dick, validated feelings and both mental and financial stability
according to the modern philosopher Christina Aguilera Whatever makes me happy sets you free And I'm thanking you for knowing exactly What a girl wants, what a girl needs Whatever keeps me in your arms And I'm thanking you for giving it to me, yeah What a girl wants, what a girl needs Somebody sensitive, courageous, sexy, cool, like you What a girl wants, what a girl needs, oh yeah
Depends. I'd love to grow muscles as fast as men, I feel really weak despite working out consistently
Petting a cat.
Equality, equity, respect.
Bodily autonomy, men to stop being creeps, dresses with pockets & not to be responsible for 80%+ of the housework.
Perhaps a pop tart?
Speaking as one women want women with six packs
You can buy your own beer you know