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What that is: The initial offers are all things where the man is a burden in some way. The fixing is where the man is providing.
Men who don't provide are failures.
No, he simply enjoys troubleshooting computer problems. You're overthinking it.
Are women who don't provide failures?
I disagree. Solving a problem is the fix. That releases endorphins. Completing a task doesn't do it. It has to be a solution to a problem.
I've never talked to a man that spoke of providing or failure in the context you're speaking of. Not to say they don't exist, but I've never encountered a person that felt that way.