I think there is a strong inclination to find a man who is tough enough to protect you, make you feel safe, or provide for you. I have read that professionally successful women still seek men who out-earn them and have higher status.
Biology doesn’t change.
I do think this attraction to bad boys has something to do with biology. Perhaps bad boys have more testosterone or better sperm counts, who knows? Interestingly, I think that as women age and lose their ability to have children, they start looking at the nice guys.
For men who are complaining here about nasty women, don’t forget that men - no matter how bad-looking or socially inept - will always seek out gorgeous women to date and marry. I mean, what’s up with that?
This.
Men should have to prove themselves worthy to women, as men are the ones who are going to be the breadwinners and the front-line defenders of the household (and, more often than not, the voice of reason). Work on improving yourself BEFORE you go looking for a wife.
Feminism is killing America, but so are losers whose only positive claim is that they are “nice”. Guarantee that your wife will never have to work again, and you’ll attract the intelligent, conservative women. (If you want to attract liberal, low IQ women, go inject yourself with botox, blow all your money on fashion accessories and Andrea Dworkin books, become metrosexual, and chainsaw your schlong off.)