🇳🇴 Thor — backup account
I've noticed that a number of feminists feel at liberty to generalise about men, especially when they want to criticise them.
These criticisms rarely fit me.
I think people like me are basically invisible. I rarely go outside, I don't have many friends, and I rarely go on dates.
When the topic is relationships, what these women mean by "men" are the men they want to date.
When the topic isn't relationships, what these women mean by "men" are the men they pay attention to.
🇳🇴 Thor — backup account
I think what some women want from men is an impossible combination. They want all the positives of masculinity, but none of the negatives.
Let me draw an analogy to my cat: He's a thoroughbred Ragdoll. Someone once told me that animal breeders don't like intelligent animals, because they try to run away all the time. What they want is a tame animal, and tame animals aren't very bright. That's what makes them so docile.
🇳🇴 Thor — backup account
They didn't breed these animals for stupidity, but that was the end result. A tame, intelligent animal is thus an impossible combination, and the best you can hope for is a little bit of both.
The men that many women are attracted to have a similar problem: Their attractive traits inevitably come with a number of not so attractive traits. The "perfect" man would have one, but not the other, and that's also an impossible combination.
The best you can hope for is a little bit of both.
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