Yukari Inoue (Japanese, 1979)

ppl try to psychoanalyze men and so often the answer is they just want to. like. they feel entitled to do whatever they want so they just do that. they didn't think about it all that hard.

also, I think this is a trap a lot of young women fall into. and I guess old women. of simply not being able to believe that his callousness is actually, yes, that superficial. so much hurt he causes you is barely registering to him. he didn't think about you at all. he cheated because he wanted to have sex. he lied because he wanted to get his way. he agrees with your assessment of how his childhood trauma impacts his behaviors because it gets him out of the convo faster. he is just literally sitting there with circus theme music in his head thinking how do I stop what's stopping me from doing what I want right now so I can go back to doing what I want right now and you crying is like...an inconvenience. no worse. it's a obstacle to overcome. so he can go back to video games or whatever.