What Makes a Man Masculine in 2025?

Marisa Rudder explores how traditional masculine traits like strength and courage transform in female-led relationships, where they become acts of service to the woman. Frank and Nicole moved their marriage from equality to FLR after reading Rudder's book, now doing coaching two to three times weekly.
Questions this video answers
Marisa Rudder; Frank; Nicole.
Why Men Love FLR (cited as the book they found).
Two to three times a week.
Chapters
Most women want men who can socially express their identity as men in public and with other men. In the context of FLRs and dominance and submission dynamics, masculinity takes on a unique form where traditional notions of male dominance within the relationship are reframed to prioritize the female partner's leadership and authority within that relationship. Ask a group of men to define masculinity and you'll likely receive a variety of answers. What are masculine behaviors? Masculine behaviors include the following providing for physical strength, emotional toughness, self reliance, competitiveness, risk taking, protector toughness and aggression, winning power, heroism, honor, and courage. In the context of an flr, these qualities take on a different meaning where strength and courage are demonstrated through love and service to your queen. This list is not meant to oversimplify masculinity to a mere checklist of actions, but to give you an idea about aligning what men enjoy within the dynamics of an FLR where women lead how do we define Masculinity? Masculinity means the social expectations of being a man. It's the roles, behaviors and attributes that are considered appropriate for boys and men in a given society.
I am an engineer and was raised in a somewhat traditional household where where my father was in charge and my mother had to follow his direction. I saw how unhappy my mom was for so many years because my father abused her and never acknowledged her needs. I knew this was not the kind of relationship I wanted. So when I found the love of my life, Nicole, we created a female led dynamic. I knew I would enjoy my life purpose to love and serve her.
Frank is really smart and I respect him but I used to hate arguing with Frank about things in our relationship because we were trying to do the equality thing that everyone says is supposed to happen in relationships. It just didn't work for us. Then one day we found Marissa's book why Men Love Felar and this was the beginning of our whole journey as a couple into female led relationships. We eventually read all of Marissa's books and signed up for her coaching program as well.
Female led relationships changed everything and now I am proud to tell my friends about it. I never feel insecure or worried about criticisms because our happiness speaks for itself. Marissa and her coaching changed everything for us and Nicole and I really enjoyed reading her book why Men Love FLR and asking coach Marisa questions every step of the way. Even though things are great, we still enjoy talking to Marissa on her coaching program two to three times a week. She has given us so many ideas on how to improve our FLR and our lives.
At first I did not know if Frank, who is a leader in his work, would like FLRs, but Marisa helped me to understand my role as Queen and why Frank really loved submitting to my authority in our relationship. She explained all the steps to create the perfect FLR and how we could apply it to our specific strong man and strong woman relationship issues. Marissa's coaching program is not general. All of her answers were tailored to us and our flr and using her program every week really helped us to understand how to navigate our own marriage. It's been really amazing and Frank and I have truly enjoyed our female led relationship journey.
If you're interested in exploring this dynamic further, check out my book why Men Love FLR and sign up for my coaching where I can help you to maintain your manliness while while enhancing your female led relationship. Together we can work on developing a supportive and loving environment that embraces modern men. Modern masculinity within the context of an FLR ultimately enriching your relationship. Ultimately, being a man in an FLR is defined by integrity, courage and authenticity. Thank you for your service is not just accidentally said to these men. It is because these men know that certain service is the highest mission and serving the woman you love is a top service that is honored in a female led relationship. Manliness is not based on adhering to Neanderthal behavior and clubbing your woman over the head like a caveman. With my book why Men Love flr, men can navigate the complexities of modern masculinity within the context of a female led relationship leading to richer and more meaningful life for couples.










