Why do I want it, but he doesn't?

Alex explains that many men are confused by our independence; it makes their role in a relationship - and a marriage - less clear. "A man's masculine instinct is to protect us, yet we are screaming out 'we don't need protecting,' and men are getting rather confused," she explains.

But wait a minute - don't throw away those equal rights just yet... 

It's not about being a traditional housewife and greeting him with warm slippers and dinner on the table when he comes home from work - it's about letting him know that you do need him and feel that you belong with him.

"What’s important to him is to feel like your Knight in Shining Armour," Alex says. "Then he will want to commit forever."