This is another issue I have with PUA material. In the real world, a smirk indicates smugness and conceit. But in the PUA world:
A jerk is really a nice guy.
A nice guy is really a jerk.
An @sshole is only described with positive traits, never negative. He stands up for himself and goes after what he wants. Gee, what an @ss. Now a smirk is friendly. The most admired role models are "Legit dirtbags" and "retarded fvckboys". Yikes.
I think you tend to take these terms a bit too literally. The community uses a certain shorthand for purposes of brevity. It’s up to us to realize that things aren’t really so formulaic; that we need to “humanize” them within our own personalities to make them practical.
The way I write about judging women, some guys must think of me as one of those Renaissance paintings of God thundering down judgement upon his hapless creation, stone tablets in-hand.
I’m reality, judging them is shorthand for holding them accountable and embarrassing them for their bratty, entitled behavior. They know they can’t get away with that stuff with such a man and they RESPECT him for that.
We’ve all talked at length here about how jerks and @ssholes are not desirable to emulate, but rather that women TOLERATE their @ssholeness for a time because these guys exhibit manly traits that women crave. But the problem remains that @ssholes and jerks are forever @ssholes and jerks, and that is a certain recipe for a toxic relationship.
What I and a few others here advocate is taking the POSITIVE aspects of such men and rejecting the negative. What you get from that is a well-balanced, respected leader.
No disrespect here, zekko. I just think you might be taking the shorthand and making it a bit too literal.
What is the whole point of what I am advocating here? Simply that most men go on dates with the de facto understanding that they are “all in” with this woman before she even proves herself to him. Women sense this and hate it.
Instead, a man should clearly be critical in his thinking and require her to prove herself.
Once I started doing this, all my interactions remind me of Sally in The Great Pumpkin, with little cartoon hearts pouring out of her when she’s with Linus.
To get to that point, a man needs to demonstrate self-respect and a reasonable expectation that a woman will treat him with respect and a submissive attitude. All women will submit to a well-rounded man, except for the militant feminist. And even some of them can’t help but be attracted. It’s hard-wired in.
I can’t help but think this is part of the reason I found such a great woman, who is now my fiancé. Zero stress, zero sh!t tests, submissive yet intelligent, lives to take care of me. There are such women out there, and there are happy, healthy marriages. However, they are as rare as can be in this day.