Ash

I don’t think yall understand how much I need him

I’m a man and I make a lot of posts about the harmful things men do, posts about how fathers are less likely to be involved in their children’s lives but more likely to kill them, posts about domestic abuse and gendered violence experienced by women, posts about shitty corners of the Internet populated by men who hate women. This is not because I, a man, think men are inherently predisposed to evil. It’s because I’m sick of other men trying to make it all men. I’m sick of dudes acting like they have no idea why women are growing less and less interested in starting families with them and dating. It is because you cannot say “not all men, not me” and not speak about the men who are doing it and acknowledge gender gaps in violence and abuse and apathy. It is because I hope other men see this and stop downplaying women’s experiences and realize, hey, it might not be you but it is other men. It is misogyny. It is our culture. It is not inherent. You have the power to change your mindset and your behavior and be aware of the world around you.