yeah, most people confuse things with what they provide... Mises talks about it at some length about how all commodities are not valued for their substance but for their services, and everything that has value acquires this value due to its utility
the "eventually get it" part is a funny one though, there is some vague complicated computation about that one, it is based on charisma, and people who have the most charisma are liars so there is an inherent weakness in the female towards being deceived