Good insight. Men should always strive to be so good that it's intimidating. That's being respectable.
Lesser men can't be respectable, so they can only be scary.
And of course women should be able to tell the difference, respect a good man, and stay away from the scary ones.
But you can flip that round. A good woman should be strong and graceful, and men should respect that. A weak woman will wield sex as a weapon, and men should know to stay away.
Yes, virtuous men are extremely intimidating because you can't easily shake them or bend them to your will. They seem like a force unto themselves, which is why even one of them can have such a massive impact.
Just as the most-virtuous woman is the quintessence of femininity, with -- as you point out -- her own inner strength. The virtues are the same, for both sexes, but they look different, depending upon the environment the person is in, including their own body.
One of the things that, I believe, defines female strength, is the humility of submitting to the limitations and possibilities of their own body, and to a man or men greater than themselves, including Christ. Since they overcome pride, through this.
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