Understand this one point very clearly Hairdog. Her father is a tough, domineering, masculine man. That is the model she learned as a child and that is what she is comfortable with. What she wants is this type of man, but in a caring, empathic version, what she wishes her dad would be.
And women wonder why men are confused. They want the strength of John Wayne, with the empathy of Phil Donahue. Sheesh.