People's actions as parents resonate with children. Have a boy? Well you are impressing upon him that women are needy and he needs to be a provider to be manly.
As a girl, well, they will mimic the mother and one knows the rest.
The harsh reality is this ... let's say she pulls the masculinity lever (think like a casino game), and she pulls in a decent guy.
She then uses him up, you know what that means? Well, the guy will turn jaded just like women have turn jaded with men.
Then down the toilet bowl we all go ... great if one is watching it on TV, not so great when real people with real good intentions have to do deal with not so real people.