I confess to a little cynicism on this subject. With no disrespect to the previous poster intended I'd say she was not the most common of women. While I've met many like her, I've also seen many women who repeatedly fall into the arms, or at least beds, of the more thuggish of blokes. Many of the so-called "Alpha"males (not a word I like) seem to be magnetic to a lot of women, we've all met them. Many people speak of women's attraction for the "bad boy"figure, and I can attest to that myself, I've played that role and had quite a deal of success on the dating side of life with it, callous though that may seem.
I've even seen and heard claims that there's a genetic reason for it, but am not convinced either way about that myself. I've discussed it a lot over the years with all sorts of both genders but opinions are widely divided, without clear divisions visible.
Seems to work for me though, which does rather give me pause to think there's some truth in it after all.
Just my uneducated opinion though, and I'm always open to discussion, no way am I infallible, lol.
Good post - it's proof that women go for tough guys.