45 Master Characters (28 page)

Uncle Remus in
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus
by Joel Chandler Harris

Don Quixote in
Don Quixote of La Mancha
by Miguel De Cervantes

Peter Pan in
Peter Pan
by James Barrie

Puck in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare

Tom Sawyer in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain

the Fool in
King Lear
by William Shakespeare

Underneath the full moon, Dionysus dances with the women from town. As the only man present, he joins with his own feminine nature and holds the attention of all the women present. He serves them wine, intoxicating and loosening them up. Even the old and quiet women find themselves rejoicing around him, shedding their harsh self-images for more positive and fun ones. He brings out the best in them and shows them the best in himself. Together they experience moments of ecstasy and joyous madness.

The Woman's Man is a man who genuinely loves women. They captivate him. He isn't necessarily effeminate and can be very masculine. He simply loves everything about women and views them as equal or better than himself. He worships women and has stronger friendships with them than he does with other men. He'll never be one of the guys and cares nothing about the old boys' network.

Women love him; his free spirit is an inspiration. He encourages women to be strong, tough and sensual. Many women are forever changed by his friendship and often leave bad relationships because of the strength he gives them. He's a best friend to women. He transforms women into strong beings with higher self-esteem. All women are beautiful to him, and he tells them so often. Beneath it all he may be hiding a need to find the idealized woman who can be both a wife and a mother to him, but this is impossible for him.

Eventually he'll move on, unable to commit to any one woman. This is when most women realize he was only the catalyst to find their inner strength, and they don't need him to feel complete.

He understands women, and they love to take care of him. Often he is highly psychic and loves to play in other dimensions and altered states.

What Does the Woman's Man Care About?

The Woman's Man cares about ecstasy, fun, sex and love. All acts of pleasure are his rituals. He gravitates to the quiet woman in the room in order to loosen her up.

He loves to dream but can't commit to one goal. He craves the experience of the dream; it helps him think he has goals in a world where men are supposed to be goal driven. He is often persecuted by other men for being different.

He cares deeply for his female friends and can't stand to see other men hurt a woman.

He strives to be part of the counterculture, to live the life of a rock star. He can be a wonderful Shaman, as he loves to work in other realms and dimensions.

What Does the Woman's Man Fear?

The Woman's Man fears being persecuted by society for not being man enough. Any job, whether he's in an office all day or working outdoors, would be torture. He can't follow rules or structure of any kind. Teaching esoteric or philosophical ideas may be one of the few jobs he's suited for.

Losing his female friendships would devastate him. He needs to have women in his life.

Experience is everything to him. He wouldn't mind being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life if he still had his freedom to go places.

Porthos, one of Alexander Dumas's Three Musketeers, displays qualities of a Woman's Man through his swashbuckling nature and love for women.

He fears having his dreams exposed as fantasies that will never come true. He's not into power and money but can't stand it when men who are pick on him for his values.

What Motivates the Woman's Man?

His biggest motivators are love and belonging. The most important thing in his life is to be loved and needed by women. He feels connected when he's with a woman. He can give many women unconditional love at the same time whether he's sexual with them or not.

His passion for esoteric ideas can spark his desires as well.