I'm going to wait and see if anyone says one of the most obvious answer there is before I edit this reply and give it away.
Edit: Y'all didn't get it after 30 replies, so I suppose I'll just give it away.
What do women want? Simple. They want love.
Yes, you read that right. Love is what women want. However, the kind of love that women want is not just an ordinary, plain love. Not the brand of "love" that is more like infatuation and is not truly deep. They want the kind of love that only a certain kind of man can offer. They want love only an alpha male can offer. Men of strong character are the type of men who produce the strongest and most loving bonds between themselves and their female counterparts.
Why do you think women keep chasing after thugs and losers and bums, even though it's as plain as day that doing so is a bad idea? Because, these are men of character, no matter if you're willing to admit that or not. Maybe not reputable character, but they are men of distinct character and strength. These men show these women that they have the kind of strength that they need and so they fall in love with that.
Then of course, there's the issue of women chasing after men with money as well. It's interesting how chasing a loser and a rich man seem like 2 completely opposite things. At the same time, when it comes to women, these two things are one in the same. How? Both are men of strength, as I said. A man of strength is the kind of man that can truly adapt to a woman's needs and love her in the way that she needs to be loved. He is the kind of man that can raise a woman's children in the way that they need to be raised. Even if these men are complete a$$holes, women think that they can shape and change these men into becoming powerful lovers because they see all of the necessities there to do so. But the men never change because a man is only capable of changing himself. That is what women fail to understand. Men don't get changed by women. Men change themselves.
Unfortunately, today we're conflicted with the sad reality that most of the men that women SHOULD (technically) be pursuing are not wanted by women. These are the average nice guys. While these "nice guys" (or simps, or whatever you want to call them) may have all of the secondary characteristics that women want, they do not have the primary characteristic women look for: strong character. Nice guys are often pussies and women don't want pussies. Why would someone with a p*ssy want another p*ssy? I have one dikk which gets me into enough trouble already, so why would I want 2? Jeez.
It's as simple as that folks.
Leaders don't chase. 