@Vermillion-Rx Woman I'm working with, she's flirting her way around the office putting it all out there. She might as well be one of those spin advertisers with flashing neon pointing right at her pussy. She's early 20's about a 6 and has shown no signs of positive personality traits. No one's taken her up on the offer, mostly, I imagine, because we didn't travel half way round the globe for another western woman with no value add to our lives...

@Vermillion-Rx

Most women have nothing to offer besides sex and most of those women don't even realize it.

I like the way Patrice O'Neal put it. Paraphrased slightly:

pussy ain't all I want, but if it's all you offer, I'll still have some.

Back to your post:

[what they bring and don't bring to the table]

I've been saying for years now that:

They think "what do I want in a man?" and then emulate that, because they mistakenly believe men find the same things attractive.

That's also the origin of the frustrated NiceGuy, who values kindness and a gentle spirit in a woman, and so emulates those qualities thinking that women must find those attractive as well.

Most women have nothing to offer besides sex and most of those women don't even realize it.

They have nothing markedly different to bring to the table any other roster chick would be able to bring to the table.

Most of them cannot bring any girlfriend energy to the table and the only girlfriend quality they can offer is a label rather than any kind of girlfriend behaviors or benefits different than sex.

And because they fail to identify or admit that that's all they have to offer and get treated as such, they project onto men that these men only want sex and they direct external blame onto everyone

And she will still think she's special and deserves more because she fails to understand being a girlfriend is more than just a label and a promise to be exclusive

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@MentORPHEUS

True, though gate control is easily applicable to injury compared to doing nothing at all

@Vermillion-Rx studying psychology and neurology alone, is like learning to drive a car by reading design books and repair manuals only. You learn nothing about practical rules of the road, navigation, and competitive techniques to engage rush hour or win races. Maslow brought me a lot of insight, but adding Machiavelli would have given young me practical tactics and ideas.

@Farang131

Most people think psych degrees teach you about top tier manipulation tactics

It really doesn't. I've learned more about psychology outside of my degree but none the less it was a good foundation

The brain and body really work in tandem in ways you wouldn't expect

@Farang131 if anything over the years I've noticed the brain is physical and therefore the mind must be based on the physical laws as well

Adjacent areas*

One of the most useful pieces of information I obtained in my psychology education was 'Gate Control Theory ' in my brain and body course

Essentially, if you are in physical pain, if you apply minor pain and pressure just outside of where you are experiencing physical pain, your spinal cord will negate and suppress the experience of pain around the injured site

I.e. if you hurt you leg and rub just outside of it, your spinal cord (CNS; central nervous system) will negate the pain via nerve pathways

Similarly, I find that if you experience a psychologically distressing event, that mastering and tending to adjacent successes often ameliorates similar pain