"Prove you're different from other guys."

What she's actually testing

Whether you're still operating from microstrategies — learned tactics that respond to prompts on cue. The man at the microstrategy level has a script for this. He performs when asked. The man at the macrostrategy level recognizes the request as a test of whether he can be made to perform on command — and understands that performing is the failure, not the proof.

Why it works on most men

It's a direct audition request. She's not asking you to be different — she's checking whether you'll try to be, which is the definition of auditioning. The attempt to prove is itself the evidence you were hoping not to provide.

The response framework

The obvious: 'That's not something I prove.' Continue without elaboration. The disruptive: agree. 'Probably not.' And immediately move the conversation somewhere else — as if the question was already resolved and the result was irrelevant. Agreement that carries no weight is more disruptive than a clever refusal, because a clever refusal is still a response to the audition. Agreement followed by total indifference removes the stage entirely. She expected resistance or performance. She got neither — and the conversation moved on before she could reset the frame.