Emily Ratajkowski has admitted her frustration with dating men who can’t handle strong women. The model, who recently ended a short-term relationship with Pete Davidson, aired her annoyance in a recent episode of her podcast “High Low with EmRata.” In fact, things have gotten so bad that she’s pretty content being on her own.
Talking to guest Olivia Ponton, Ratajkowski admitted that she feels happier on her own as she gets older. That feeling ends up being amplified when she goes through another bad experience with a guy who can’t “handle” her.
“I have always felt like I’m a strong woman, but obviously as you get older, you really don’t need a man,” she explained. “Men have said, ‘I like independent women. I want somebody who doesn’t need me.'”
Emily Ratajkowski went on to say that men seem to feel emasculated when they realize that she really doesn’t need them and can fulfill all of her own needs. As a result, the relationships tend to crumble.
“I feel like a lot of men who truly think they want a strong woman actually don’t know how to handle it and they don’t know what it means for their own identity,” she said. “The strength and the power is associated with the masculine, and once a woman has that, a man doesn’t know what else he has.”
Ratajkowski added that while she doesn’t need a man to take care of her, she simply wants to be with someone who has high emotional intelligence.
“I’m like, ‘How about you just be better at expressing your emotions and being there emotionally? That would be great,'” she added.
And after coming out as bisexual in October 2022, Ratajkowski said dating women is so attractive since she feels there’s mutual “respect” in same-sex relationships.
“There might be competition … but it doesn’t feel like somebody’s taking something away from someone else,” she said. “I’m like, OK, I did it, wow…What I hate with dating men, in particular, is I feel like they’re like, ‘OK, yes. You’re special. You’ve done it.’ They love it, then slowly they get emasculated, and they don’t know what to do with those feelings. And then they resent you and then they start to tear you down. And then you’re just back to square one.”
Whoever she ends up dating, Emily Ratajkowski won’t have to be single for long if she doesn’t want to be.
