Gotta remember selection bias. The single women are on the dating market because of their horrible views, the ones who aren’t horrible are not on the dating market anymore.
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TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 7 hours agoIt’s pretty simple.
When life has no clearly defined gender roles, people will make them up.
I’m a single guy in my early 40s. The past 5 years on the dating market, most women I meet now want 1950s gender roles. These are often educated, liberal, successful women. But they have this fantasy that they will only be happy if they find a man who pays all the bills and bosses them around, and all think Don Draper is a ‘real man’. The idea of a partnership where you say split costs and responsibilities, is totally rejected as by them and they see it as surefire path to misery. They see their role in a relationship as to quit their career and be a homemaker/mother, and my job is to work 60-80 hours a week to earn a massive salary and pay for everything.
And when they find out that as a man, I enjyo cooking, cleaning, keeping my house etc, they get really pissed off because they see me as ‘not needing a woman in my life’. No… shit. I dont’ ‘need’ a woman. I want a partner to split chores and bills with and raise kids together with.
Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Wouldn’t that argument work the same way for men? To be clear, I’m not a fan of that argument for any gender. But fair is fair.
I’m polyam, so my experiences are quite different. I’m finding more married people looking for a third, which is awkward when I’m more of a “relationship anarchist” and don’t want to put my partners into tiers above/below each other (or be put into such tiers myself.)
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
People just want all the the benefits with none of the drawbacks. They are just selfish and greedy.
I often see the whole ‘monogamish’ nonsense now too. It basically means, I want all the benefits of monogamy, but when I also want to be able to bang other people when I want, but also you can’t do that because that would make me feel insecure…
I actaully did date someone like that. She wanted to date other people, but as soon as I started seeing other women she got very very angry and jealous and told me it was not ‘fair’. She was just a selfish asshole who wanted me to be monogamous to her, while she was no monogamous to me.
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 31 minutes ago
You’re absolutely right on that. Some people really just want the freedom for themselves, but not for their partners. Which is ridiculous. After all, “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” If someone hasn’t got the maturity it takes for polyamory, then they’re not ready for it.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
it’s not selection bias, it’s what’s on the market.
unless you think I should start trying to date married women?
Nefara@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
What you describe doesn’t reflect reality in my region of the world or amongst any of the people I know. Not sure where you are but it sounds like a generalized statement that should be a hell of a lot more specific. Do you live in Amish country?
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
No I live in upper class america.
atomicorange@lemmy.world 10 minutes ago
Are you dating women your own age? I’m a woman in my early 40s and have literally never met a woman my age who thought like this. If you’re dating women ten years younger than you you’ll be selecting for the type who likes to date older men - usually for exactly the reasons you complain about (they want someone to take care of them).