im reading through men on strike again some
A lot of the guys who
opt out aren’t particularly angry at women, they just
don’t see much point to pursuing involvement with
them.
Eight out of ten girls my age today are “sketchy.”
— Twenty-three-year-old Max at the gym on
why men don’t want to get married early
When I questioned him as to what “sketchy” meant,
he replied that “a lot of girls today are crazy partiers;
they flirt with other people and have sex with other
guys. If they sleep with you on the first date, they are
more likely to go off with someone else while they
are with you. I think that’s why guys are waiting to get
married; they have to go through eight of the ten girls
to find the two that aren’t sketchy.”
Marriage is a dying concept.
— Twenty-four-year-old Jamie, when asked
why men don’t get married as often
“women in their mid thirties or so may
be anxious for a family, and therefore I cannot always be
sure they do not see me as a sperm donor or meal ticket,
at least as the relationship begins.”
women are constantly upset or going after men regarding
physical abuse because men are often physically
stronger. But women are often verbally more skilled
and more ready to manipulate others using these verbal
skills. Men aren’t taught how to fight back verbally
nor do they often want to; for some, it is not their nature.
Men like Bruce would rather live the single life
than have to spend their years being battered verbally
without any recourse, since the laws and culture favor
women and see men who cannot stand up for themselves
as unworthy of sympathy, as wimps who can’t “man up”
and stay in control.