How many western movies have we all seen through the years that have incorporated a love story of some sort into the overall picture? After all, what is a good western movie without a bit or romance between the strong masculine hero and a beautiful and sensuous town or ranch lady? The tenderness of such an affair can help balance out the riding, fist fighting and gunplay that form the majority of the tales. Even John Wayne had a lady friend in his western classics.
How, and why, have the ladies taken to cowboys through the past decades and continue to do so to the present day? What motivates gals to enter into courtships with a cowboy? A few reasons are as follows: