Graham, I think one point you failed to make is women tend to treat men as they do kids "He's a bad little boy now, but I can mold him into a good man". What they fail to realize is, you can't change someone's nature. Women, like men hate to fail at their basic nature which is to rear young, and if they can't fix a wayward child, what does that say about their skills as a nurturing figure?

Honestly, I can't say EXACTLY why women do it. Some Men do it to, hang with women who drag them down. It's the nature of the universe I guess. The easiest thing is to quit worrying about why it happens and move on!