Sep 27, 2026 · 43 min · 12 segments
What women actually want in a man may have less to do with saying the perfect thing and more to do with how he shows up when a relationship gets difficult. On this episode of Dating to Win, Matt Russo…
GS YoungbloodGuest
Matt RussoHost
How do we define masculinity today? Is this Andrew Tate masculinity or is this wife goes to work with a career? I stay home and raise a child masculinity.
What does it mean to be a man in today's world, post-MeToo? It's not the 1950s, but the pendulum then swung a little bit too far the other way where we wussified ourselves, for lack of a better term.
I wanted to create a definition, a framework, a vision of what it was to be a man in the modern world, given all the realities.
And that's what, as you already mentioned, that's what the masculine blueprint is.
And my contention is if you live those three elements, if you embody them every day.
Your relationship is going to get a lot better because I think guys don't realize the extent to which their relationship problems are really a result of their own masculine, lack of masculine leadership.
But I can show you a million times over the ways that a lack of leadership and masculine leadership is the cause of a lot of problems in your relationships.
But that's my short answer is it's like the blueprint defines what it is to be a man in my worldview.
How do we define masculinity today? Is this Andrew Tate masculinity or is this wife goes to work with a career? I stay home and raise a child masculinity.
What does it mean to be a man in today's world, post-MeToo? It's not the 1950s, but the pendulum then swung a little bit too far the other way where we wussified ourselves, for lack of a better term.
I wanted to create a definition, a framework, a vision of what it was to be a man in the modern world, given all the realities.
And that's what, as you already mentioned, that's what the masculine blueprint is.
And my contention is if you live those three elements, if you embody them every day.
Your relationship is going to get a lot better because I think guys don't realize the extent to which their relationship problems are really a result of their own masculine, lack of masculine leadership.
But I can show you a million times over the ways that a lack of leadership and masculine leadership is the cause of a lot of problems in your relationships.
But that's my short answer is it's like the blueprint defines what it is to be a man in my worldview.
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