The power of a man is like a bull’s charge, while the power of a woman moves aslant, like a serpent seeking its prey. Know the particular properties of your power. Unless you use it correctly, it won’t get you what you want.” His words perplexed me. Wasn’t power singular and simple? In the world that I knew, men just happened to have more of it. (I hoped to change this.)Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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In this quote, the author describes why a man has more power than a woman. The most important aspect of this quote is that men have more power because they use it correctly. Let me explain. Let’s say that you are a man and you want to get a girl to like you.
You can do one of two things: You can try to be a nice guy who says nice things to the girl and does nice things for her when she asks. Obviously, this is not going to work all that well. No girl would want a guy who is nice in exchange for sex.
She wants a guy who will protect her and help her in life in general. The second way to get a girl is through aggression and being an asshole. This is the only way that works because your goal is not just getting sex from the girl, but using her as your sex toy and getting away with it by making her like you.
Source: The Palace Of Illusions
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