When a man partners with a woman, he immediately becomes a second class citizen, never to be believed. He becomes her provider, her breadwinner, her personal ATM machine. Once she is comfortable with what he provides, she gives up on her responsibilities and dumps them on his shoulders. He becomes her workhorse, expected to carry the load until the day he collapses. And when he does, she discards him like a broken tool and starts shopping for his replacement, an upgrade.
If she lies and tells the world he hit her or cheated on her, the world rushes to her defense. She’s too cute to lie. He’s guilty by default. He gets punished. His child is ripped away from him. She gets the sympathy, the attention, the support, while the world plays hero and rescues her from the “abusive” man.
If a man sees this cycle repeat with every woman he partners with, society still blames him. He’s told it’s his fault for picking the wrong woman, for not predicting her future behavior, for not seeing the red flags that she hid.
But if that man chooses not to partner with women anymore, if he decides to walk away from the game entirely, the world brands him a loser or mocks him with slurs. They will shame him relentlessly, not because he failed, but because he refuses to be used.
