I don't know if I agree that women don't know what they want. I think women are just very concerned with image and social status. What they want and what is socially acceptable might not be the same thing. Women have a harder time when they don't fit in socially than men do.Some good points made on this thread and some comments about Obama and Alpha males which don't seem to jive.
I think women routinely complain about men because they don't really know what they want. If a women is reasonably attractive in their 30s, and hasn't been able to hold down a steady boyfriend, its likely their own choosing. The women in their 30s who claim to be educated or whatever don't seem to care about the same in men. When you talk to them and try to figure out what they are looking for, its a canned response. They don't know because you can look back to examples of how they have dated something other than what they claim they want.
One thing I have found in my area with the women I date is a lack of responsibility and ownership. Simply put, they never assume responsibility for anything. They believe the world owes them something, and have no qualms doing to someone something that would be inexcusable if the shoe was on the other foot. They are childish in their 20s, and even 30s only to wonder where the men have gone too when they can no longer rely on their looks to get men of any type of caliber. Mind you this is a sample set in a small part of the country consisting of only single women. But again, when a statement like 'where have all the good men gone?" presupposes that they don't exist, which is false. These women focus on themselves, and not the actual content of the men they date whereupon they will always be disappointed because their prospective husband doesn't drive a bugatti or run a hedge fund.
To the women who take this view (I know its not all of you):
Take some ****ing ownership for a change. Be datable. Date the right type of men. Be realistic. You want equal rights, how about assuming an equal share of the responsibility. High quality men work their asses off and have endured rejection in every walk of life from jobs, to promotions, or dating. Being overweight, boring, or pedantic is a turn off. Just because you are a women doesn't automatically command respect. Earn it like the rest of us, and maybe you'll get some respect when it comes to dating.
The good guys aren't gone, you aren't into them. And perhaps, they also aren't into you.
-Love Synergy
Imagine Ivanka Trump dating a black rapper. She would get so much crap it wouldn't be worth it. But if she was mostly attracted to black rappers over other types of men, she would have a hard time finding a man she wants, because the socially acceptable men might not turn her on. But the men who turn her on might not be socially acceptable.
A perfect world for women is finding a man who turns them on and is socially acceptable at the same time. This is what is so hard for them to find and in many cases its impossible. But most high status women will go with the socially acceptable man and be miserable rather than go with the man they actually want and have to deal with all the crap from their friends, family and society.