Melannie Gregersen says women find men attractive when they show strong emotions and vulnerability. She argues that emotional openness matters for long-term relationships because women are natural nurturers who respond positively to it.
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Have you ever noticed that in like chick flicks, things that are geared towards a female audience, that sometimes they will have like a scene or something where the man is crying? There's a reason they do that, and that's because it just like melts her heart and it just makes her go, "Oh!" And she like wants to kiss it all better and make it all better. Here's the thing: women are natural nurturers. We just are. That's just how we work. And just like you want to take care of her in certain ways, she wants to take care of you in certain ways. And so when she she sees you feeling those strong emotions or feeling a certain way, you know, she wants to make it all better and she thinks it's adorable. In addition to that, as humans, when we're looking for a lifelong relationship, we want someone we can be open with and who can be open with us. We want someone who has like a real soul and who feels things deeply just like we do.