I am not embarrassed at all. Why you broke up with him makes all the difference. Why did you break up with him? Did you just fall out of love? If so, and now the man is really sad, hell yes I am going to choose his “side” and largely avoid you.

It seems we agree more than you might admit. Yeah, I think that men have to prove themselves as interesting and funny, and women so much less so. Women say that men get a break on physical appearance, and it seems beyond obvious that women get massive breaks on personality.

I don’t think I am being disingenuous, but I think that you are being disingenenuous. So a man can “win you” by showing an interest and wanting what is best for you? That’s it? Be real, no, that’s not it. He has to make you interested in him. Of course he does, because what you described isn’t good enough for anyone.

Well, it sure as hell didn’t happen to Madeleine and I am 100% unsurprised. Yeah, a woman can hit a man and have reasonable assurance of not getting hit back. Sometimes he will though. Tom deserved it. If Tom had hit Madeleine back, it is more than likely that the other boys would have stopped him.

It would be quite rich for them to say that.

The reason why I am discussing men protecting women is because that line was brought up by the author repeatedly. If it hadn’t, I would view these changes as men being rightly punished, more than men protecting women.

what does it mean to be in the therapist role? Are you saying that men do not see you as a viable romantic partner, so just use you discuss their emotions?

I had never heard of that, but I just looked it up. Sounds fascinating.

Am I really blaming women? I think that more men than women can find themselves in a position with zero romantic options. It seems as if we agree.

The author says that women cannot expect men to protect them. I really took that to mean that women cannot expect men to protect them from other men. If a woman says, “why don’t men protect men?” I think it is implied that she is referring to men protecting her from other men. Is that not the purpose of the adolescent…

I think you are misunderstanding me. And honestly, I think it comes more from your own bias than me being unclear.

I don’t know you or your friends, but I am skeptical that the male friends would “side” with you “no matter how the relationship ended.”

Hi! Did you notice the part where I suggested removing the word “anymore”? Removing that word makes all the difference! And I am not even sure if the author would agree with that edit.

I think that the author might want to remove the word “anymore,” to change the statement to “women realize that men do not protect women.” If she is trying to say that little girls grow up thinking men will protect them, and then they realize that is false, I could understand that. However, I think that men are more…

I also do not believe that power should be shared equally by all people, and I think most people agree with me. Maybe if you elaborated I could understand you better.

You’re not telling the whole story. So, the male friends were friends with both you and your exboyfriend?

But a petite girl who punches a man in the gut doesn’t really have to worry about his relatiation. Madeleine punched Tom in the groin. He called her a bitch, but did not punch back. If a boy had punched Tom in the groin, of course he would have punched him back. You say you cannot rely on physical strength, but in…

Actually, I am not seeing any of the female commenters addressing the “men don’t protect women anymore.” I seem to be the only person directly addressing that. I just really cannot understand it.

I am male and I frequently hear women say that the media constantly urges them to be in a relationship. How? It seems as if pop radio is absolutely saturated with songs about women dumping men, or not needing men. A song with a female vocalist about how she yearns for a man or a straight up love song serenade from a…

Hi Luna. So we meet again. I have had various screennames, but have had to change them because either my computer crashes or I lose my kinja code. I usually agree with you, but the last two conversations we have had, I have to disagree.