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The most exhausting double standard for men in relationships is the absolute asymmetry of accountability when someone is unhappy.
If a woman is unhappy, feeling neglected, or her needs aren't being met, modern therapy-speak immediately puts the man on trial.
Society asks: What is he doing wrong? Why isn't he listening to her? Why isn't he holding space for her emotions? Her unhappiness is universally viewed as a failure of his leadership and care.
But if the roles are reversed, and a man is quietly starving for affection, physical intimacy, or just basic peace in his own home? Society STILL puts him on trial. Instead of asking what the woman is doing wrong, the internet tells him: You probably aren't doing enough chores to put her in the mood. You aren't communicating properly. You aren't romancing her enough. The brutal double standard is that a woman’s pain is always framed as something the man inflicted, but a man’s pain is always framed as a result of his own failure to perform. He is held 100% accountable for both her happiness and his own misery.
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