John Werth
2 min readJan 5, 2024

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At least this is semi-cogent, even if it's mostly incel rantings. Still, an improvement.

So, you have a group of men on one side claiming women don't meet their standards. On the other, a group of women claiming men don't meet their standard.

You are reflexively taking the men's side, but with no justification beyond some examples. This is a logical fallacy sometimes called proof by anecdote. You could provide 10, 100, or 1000 examples but it would be meaningless a country of 330 million people. All that matters is large scale trends.

On the other hand, I am suggesting women are not infallible but are more right. By way of justification, consider the following:

In the Judeo-Christian tradition, women are property, less valuable, and less valued. It's right there in the book.

Men are more likely to commit physical or sexual assault on their wives, as well as infidelity.

Women are far less likely to be satisfied in the bedroom. Men are allowed to "play the field," women who have multiple sexual parters are insulted and demeaned.

Women are responsible for the bulk of household and child care, even if they work as many or more hours.

Women are not just asked to but expected to give up their careers and other goals in favor of their husband's.

Women are in general more responsible, legally and financially. They're more likely to obey the law, and less likely to throw away their lives or finances on drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc.

Now society has been advancing, and women have gained new rights, bodily autonomy, and career prospects — but now men want to go backward. Studies suggest a growing numberof women don't. So if they add up the pros and cons of marriage and decide against it, why are they the ones who are wrong? Your argument is that they aren't living up to the feminine ideals and wifely duties according to past standards. But those are standards in which the woman is expected to be subservient to her husband. Again, why is it her responsibility to go backward?

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John Werth
John Werth

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Musician and conductor, repairer of woodwinds, owner of dogs, band director, lapsed mathematician, and scribbler of thoughts on humor, politics or both at once.

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