well, personally i dont believe in taking advice from anyone. hey, i'll listen to someones opinion, but ill also go out and get other opinions.
even then, i still give little weight to advice from "common" folk, men or women. i might give advice from someone trained in a certain field more weight though. So if i want to develop muscles i'll take the advice of a bodybuilder over someone who isn't.
but even then, i still believe in going out and getting most of my insights and advice on any given topic from books. Books written by experts in the field, who themselves form their opinion through extensive study of other experts opinion on a given topic.
the problem most men have (and women) is that they take advice from people who really know very little more than they do! the advice is sometimes better than just making a choice on their own, because another party is more objective - but it's still rare that the advice is actually the best course of action.
a big part of being a MAN, in my opinion, is about searching for life's truths on your own. finding the answers to questions you have through experience and research - ie. learning!
once you figure out enough of life's truths on your own, who really cares what a woman is trying to do when she gives you advice. I've never taken advice from a woman im involved with because 1) unless she's an expert what the f*ck does she really know? and 2) she does not have an objective outlook on me, but rather is emotively attached, and as such her ability for impartial objective advice is severly limited.
the world is filled with people looking to other people to solve their problems. but turning to people who are just as confused as you is a recipe for disaster. its the blind leading the blind.
but to answer your question simply, do i think women are manipulating you when they give you advice? yes. are they doing it consciously? 80% of the time they aren't. they are giving you advice based on their view of the world and with their hopes and desires as part of that view.
people somehow think that life is suppose to be easy and that someone will just drop the magical answers in their lap. when in reality 95% of the people on the planet are totally confused and lost in life. theres a reason why people want to be beautiful and rich - because we believe that if you have those leverage points you don't need to know the answers to life, things will just work out magically on their own.
unfortunately they won't, and don't. you gotta figure life out on your own, and it typically takes a long time to do.