“Here’s the painful pattern that emerged from my research with men: We ask them to be vulnerable, we beg them to let us in, and we plead with them to tell us when they’re afraid, but the truth is that most women can’t stomach it. In those moments, when real vulnerability happens in men, most of us recoil with fear and that fear manifests as everything from disappointment to disgust. And men are very smart. They know the risks. One of my mentors once told me, “Men know what women really want. They want us to pretend to be vulnerable. We get really good at pretending.” “

Brené Brown – Dare Greatly