Wisdom From Bali
Wisdom from Bali is a thought-provoking podcast dedicated to shedding light on social practices that shape our world. Hosted by a seasoned professional in ethical leadership and business philosophy, this podcast explores the intersection of ethics, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and conscious living.
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What do men want
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What do men really want?
In this episode, I went straight to the source and asked different men to answer one simple but loaded question: What do men actually want in relationships, love, and life?
The answers were honest, unexpected, controversial at times, and deeply revealing. From affection, loyalty, peace, respect, emotional support, attraction, masculinity, modern dating expectations, and the pressure men feel in today’s world — nothing was off limits.
Some perspectives may challenge your beliefs. Others might make you reflect on your own experiences with dating, connection, and communication between men and women.
This episode is not about attacking either side — it’s about understanding men beyond surface-level assumptions and creating more honest conversations around relationships, emotional needs, and modern dynamics.
Whether you agree or disagree, this conversation opens the door to perspectives we don’t often hear spoken out loud.
🎙 Topics touched on:
- What men value most in relationships
- Affection vs respect
- Emotional safety for men
- Masculinity and modern dating
- Honest male perspectives
- Controversial opinions and uncomfortable truths
- What men wish women understood
Listen with an open mind. The conversation gets real.
I know what uh men's want for women, and it's not obvious and that is why I translate it. It's named affection. Affection? Yeah, actually, and a lot of women miss uh miss these things. Uh, for example, um and and and if and you can't buy a fiction. No, you cannot big for example, you can buy uh you know uh attention, uh access to uh beautiful people, but you can't buy a fiction. You you can earn this uh with the time and and and trust. And that is why a lot of women they go to the gym, you know, uh to uh dress up um and you know uh buy clothes and they are um creating their landing page. And it's totally wrong because if they will uh pay attention to the um uh um I would say uh affection, yes, uh they will win. Because for for example, if I have an affection with my girlfriend, uh it's very hard to compete with her for another women's, even if they will be very good look, you know, they will be hot, you know, something like this.
SPEAKER_00Okay.
SPEAKER_01So and actually, what all people want? It is affection because it is the energy. The first thing is that you have an energy energy about the food. For example, if I want to eat, I don't care about their sex, you know, because I want to eat, you know. But when I get this energy, I start to think, okay, well in in what place I will uh live, you know, uh sleep.
SPEAKER_00What men want. Yeah. Uh men want to uh feel like they have something really nice like at home, I think, you know, like some like something that's like when you come home and you know you get to spend time with someone, you want to you wanna leave everything else like outside and have someone that makes you uh that feeds your soul, I guess, you know. You can be a silly goose with, um, you know, that kind of thing.