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A very lengthy and in-depth investigation into the dating habits of millennials in the British Times last week, written by a millennial woman (behind a paywall so unable to post a link) was disturbing to me, but not to my girlfriend, which surprised me (of which more later).
The gist of the article, which involved multiple interviews with both genders, revealed a new class of dater in which the vast majority of women are behaving badly, like men in the old days, using and dropping guys for sex, expecting men to pay for dates then ghosting them, fucking multiple men at the same time, treating men like shit, many telling their friends it was their turn in the post-Weinstein era. Now I'm sure many of you will feel that's not the case - that men are still the dirty villains in most cases, and will have countless anecdotes to back that up. But if the article had been written by a male it would've been predictable. The fact it was written by a young woman sympathetic of the new situation was enlightening and tells me there's something to it (I've been witness to many cases of double standards, as has my girlfriend).
Discussing this with my girlfriend, who has never been a fan of the MeToo movement and female 'victimhood' in general, I was genuinely surprised by her response. Men have fucked us over for millennia, she said, now you're getting a taste of your own medicine. This is richly at odds with my own verdict - that you don't remove one form of tyranny by replacing it wth another, and that forcing men into their own victim culture will store up a lot of trouble for the sexes further down the line.
I'm interested to hear your views ladies.
The gist of the article, which involved multiple interviews with both genders, revealed a new class of dater in which the vast majority of women are behaving badly, like men in the old days, using and dropping guys for sex, expecting men to pay for dates then ghosting them, fucking multiple men at the same time, treating men like shit, many telling their friends it was their turn in the post-Weinstein era. Now I'm sure many of you will feel that's not the case - that men are still the dirty villains in most cases, and will have countless anecdotes to back that up. But if the article had been written by a male it would've been predictable. The fact it was written by a young woman sympathetic of the new situation was enlightening and tells me there's something to it (I've been witness to many cases of double standards, as has my girlfriend).
Discussing this with my girlfriend, who has never been a fan of the MeToo movement and female 'victimhood' in general, I was genuinely surprised by her response. Men have fucked us over for millennia, she said, now you're getting a taste of your own medicine. This is richly at odds with my own verdict - that you don't remove one form of tyranny by replacing it wth another, and that forcing men into their own victim culture will store up a lot of trouble for the sexes further down the line.
I'm interested to hear your views ladies.