Good post
@Atom Smasher
I believe the key is not in the belief you are above your woman, it is that you are better than all other men.
You are the master of your domain and there a limited number challengers and superiors (I can think of 2 right now in my life). You will come across superior men, and must be ready to humbly admit they are your superior (not too them obviously!). However, what happens next is that you learn from them through observation or engagement.
There was a study done of 50 groups of people, several times. They were all to work on a task together, no leader or roles assigned. They found that within the first minute, a dominance hierarchy was established in 50% of the groups. Within 5 minutes, all of them had a leader. Put this in a social context and you see it happen. When there are two equals, they will either coexist, or pride will cause conflict (usually in the weaker of the two, the "fake alpha").
Now, if this happens so quickly on controlled studies, wouldn't it be fair to conclude that this happens in social interactions? When you are around people with a woman, the dominance will occur naturally, and either you end up at the bottom or the top. And there will be equals at each level. So, if you take your woman out and are consistently on the lower end of the spectrum, is your woman with a high value man? Look at where you rank in your social interactions and you will have an idea of your value.
For example, I met my GF group of friends a couple months back. Since then, when we see them, they come to me for advice, want to know my plan, and generally defer to my ideas. Did I do anything? Not that I know of, I am respectful, listen well, crack jokes, and just have a good time. But somehow, people I barely met have already deferred to me. Why? It is not arrogance, belittling, or deliberate attempt to elevate myself.
There is a very superficial understanding of what atom smasher suggested in his initial post. The claims of arrogance, and women shaming is a clear illustration of the misunderstanding of the what he prescribes. It isn't about negging, arrogance, pride, challenge, intelligence, money or any of that nonsense. It is just about being the superior man., which is actually quite simple. One explanation could be doing the right thing at the right time with the right people in the right way. You live your life in a way that is superior to everyone else.
You should ask yourself if you are a superior man? Are you humble, polite, powerful, confident, hard-working, ambitious, loving, generous, communicative? If I wanted to simplify it, I would use the big 5 personality traits. A superior man is high in conscientiousness, low in neuroticism, and fairly balanced in openness, extraversion, and agreeableness.
Most, if not all, are even close to an ideal man, but have too much pride to admit their areas that need improvement. It is FAR easier to blame everyone else than look inside. And until that happens, nothing will change... the never-ending hate that pollutes society will persist. I mean, just on this small group on individuals, look how much hate pollutes this place?