I saw this beggar on the NYC Subway today. She was claiming she was a homeless single mother with an abusive husband and now they are divorced.
I started thinking, was this woman in a great relationship before she went to bed with that man to get pregnant, or was this man abusive from day one? Nobody just becomes abusive out of nowhere for no reason. Abuse does not appear like magic. It shows its face early, but people ignore it when it serves their desires.
But since it is New York City and on the Subway, it is probably just a lie.
Lie or not, this woman would not be telling that story day in and day out riding one train car after another if she was not making money from the deal.
Men and women hand her money for her story. They pay to feel good about themselves.
If a man were to stand in front of them telling the same sob story, women would look down on him with disgust. They would not give him a cent. A man’s pain is not profitable. His struggles are not currency.
