There is something refreshing these days about watching a person be truthful but not narcissistic. Humility and honesty, in a word, sincerity. To hear admissions without self-admonition, to watch a person’s eyes commit to the idea of having been wrong, and yet the eyes express self-love. Self-awareness.
All women want is sincerity, and I think I know why. Because you cannot love without first loving yourself (as RuPaul consistently reminds her viewers), and there has never been a person who has not been wrong. Sincerity is a way of loving yourself and others. It’s to tell them, I know I’m not perfect but at least I will never hide shit from you, and lie. You will know me completely, including my wrongs. Sincerity is love, and love is being there, and... I think that’s all women have ever wanted.
Well, from men, that is.
(Post inspired by Aziz Ansari’s standup special, Right Now
