And I like them in a way that is best described as non-competetive. I don't feel like I have to be vindicated as a person by being equal to or superior to men. They are who they are and I like them. I am who I am and I am comfortable with myself as a woman. Because of this I look to men for complementary things.
Men are men and women are different than men in many ways.
And though I don't believe one can be intimate with a man not your husband, I can still reap the benefits of their mind and thoughts, their humor, their abilities and so on. I am NOT seeking to pat myself on the pack. This is just how God has made me to be. And I am not suggesting that any other lady does not LIKE men. I do feel, at times, that there is competition or perhaps suspicion of men.