DonGiovanni said:
more than one object of my interest has claimed that the thing she would love most is if a man put her in her place. But I have no idea what that consists of or what it even looks like! Is it just asserting my masculinity?
so my question is, How do you put a woman in her place the CORRECT way?
She wants you to force her to be authentic as well as not be a brat (maturity drop).
How you do it is a matter of style, not about being correct.
An Example Of One Style: This is why you'll see PUAs suggest that when you're meeting a girl and tries to label you like "you're a jerk" that you could reply back "you're a jerk" but do it in a childish voice like you're on an elementary school playground...hard to describe, but raise your pitch and dramatize it. (if this isn't clear, try to remember taunting when you were young..."you're a boogernose, no YOU'RE a boogernose TIMES TWO!").
Women like this sort of thing because you busted her in a fun way instead of getting sucked into her immature "you're a jerk" labeling. You made it obvious you perceived her as behaving immaturely and just had fun with it instead of a) apologizing (nice guy), b) getting pissed (jerk), or c) otherwise getting defensive, getting sucked in, and trying to PROVE you're not a jerk.
"Putting her in her place" is not pushing her down, it's about being aware when her behavior is less than it should be and either taking some action even if the action is deciding to completely ignore it as if you didn't hear or see it.