I'm always attracted to an intelligent lady. I don't like dummies.
Independence is OK too, but a lady can get too independent to the point that she feels she doesn't need a husband. I was married to one of those.
It's fine if she doesn't NEED one...but she at least better WANT one!
My life has made it so that I have to be independent and do the things that a husband would normally take care of. I don't have any men that I can rely on around me, and I live 300 miles away from my family. I've had to learn how to fix a toilet, change windshield wiper blades, jump start my car, etc. out of necessity. So, in theory, I suppose I could live the rest of my life without a husband and survive.