Why do men like nurturing women?

[DermalPunch]

People cynically say it's because they want a second mother but is that really the reason?

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There is some ambiguity. Why do men like women who are nurturing?

[RandomGuy1032]

Because men are narcissists. We are babies inside that love feeling like we matter so much. Like we dont gotta do anything to deserve it either.

[Juxtapose]

It's not love if it's not nurturing 🤷‍♂️

[FilmGuy93]

Because it's nice to have someone in your life that actually wants to take care of you, instead of making you feel like an inconvenience lmao

[Anonymous]

Men love nurturing women because we are genetically programmed to. It's what a woman is supposed to be, so it's what we are drawn to. A nurturing nature is the cornerstone of true femininity.

The primary purpose of human attraction is, and always has been, to perpetuate the human race. That's why thousands of years of evolution have made women attracted to tall, strong, smart men because those men were best equipped to protect and provide for a woman and her offspring, thereby making her children more likely to survive and pass on their own genes. That is how evolution works.

So, what has always made a man most likely to pass on his own genes? Mating with a nurturing woman, because nurturing women make the best mothers, thereby making them most likely to create healthy, well adjusted and capable children who will be most likely to pass on their own genes.

Men and women don't necessarily consciously look for those qualities in a mate, but we are genetically programmed to find them attractive due to thousands of years of natural selection.

That's why the highest value women will always be nurturing women. People will continue to try to redefine "femininity" to suit their political agendas, but the qualities men are genetically programmed to find most attractive will never change. You can't fight Mother Nature and win.

[Summeroflove]

I don't know about a second mother that is weird. I suppose a mother for their children yeah. YES... Many men want a woman whose nurturing. If I can't be venerable or cry in front of someone I love. Number one how can I be myself in my own house if I marry her? And how is she going to nurture a child if she can't nurture me?

I also have wants and needs of being loved. I am by no means a cry baby either. But women who call men "little bitch" and stuff like that. I don't have any interest in

[Lionman95]

I would say because at least some men like and crave attention, too.
Plus I see a tendency in some areas in my area that they develop a tendency to prefer a comfort zone over hard work following of women want to lead so let them.
I would argue that guys that had a nurturing mum prefer a nurturing woman because that´s the picture of women they grew up with.

[NathanDavis]

I definitely don't want to be taken care of like a child... so I don't need to be "nurtured"very much rather see her nurturing our children, if we ever had them... since those would be actual infants who would need a mother... lol

[iminfunbegins]

It comes from up bringing and what is engrained in you from what you see on TV and what you see older gentlemen do and behave towards women., It's not till years later you find out how a girl would like to be treated.

[DermalPunch]

Please see the update. My question was worded ambiguously. I meant why do men like women who are nurturing.

[iminfunbegins]

ohh, my bad. I can only speculate cause I'm not like that, I'm usually the one that is doing the nurturing but I hear it comes rom dudes who can't transition from their mom's doing everything for them into to an adult who can now do for themselves and or share in equally with their wife or girlfriend, instead they expect their wife or girlfriend to treat them like their mom did.

[Anonymous]

the most i was babied by a guy, was my ex. he used to wipe me down after a shower (lol), feed me, and treat me like a baby. one day, he did call me “mom”. i laughed at him.


i say men and women nurture each other, only if they like each other. i wouldn't ever baby a man that i didn't like, and i dont think a man would baby me unless they liked me. so only SOME men nurture women, as SOME women nurture men.

[NerdInDenial]

Nurturing women show genuine care; it's nice to know someone is willing to take care of me if I get hurt.

[ElvenMr]

If she is like that, showing she cares, but not like a second mother... then i know she'll be a good mother if/when we have kids.

[Hypermotard1916]

You are asking why men like partner who treat their partner as sons.

Answer is no to that, but treating children good is a essential traits.

which western people lack...

[MrTaboo]

It not cynical at all. We want loyal wives to mothers to our kids

[Anonymous]

I think you need to be more specific when you say "nurturing".

I down need or want any woman to take care of me. But why would I want to be with aby woman, or ANYONE (friends) that didn't care about me?

[Jackblue]

If Fifty Shades of Grey is any reference, women are naturally drawn to men who trigger their maternal instincts.

[HippieVeganJewslim]

Probably because of the dang stereotype how women are supposed to nurture the kids and men should do work and make dough.

[Gentleman900]

it solely depends on the guy