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It’s amazing how things that happen in the animal kingdom are sometimes analogous to what happens to humans. Some female spiders devour male spiders after mating with them, similarly, I have often seen male humans sucked dry and left as soulless husks after being taken for a ride by manipulative females.

The asymmetry of the human dating world often leaves good men vulnerable to females simply looking for an efficient provider of resources, and when there’s nothing satisfying left to be extracted, they are cast aside for a new male richer in resources. The female is constantly looking to reach her global maxima, while males get trapped into local maximas where they often spend the rest of their life and die.

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You might want to reconsider demonizing half the human race. But if not, there's a community for you over at /r/redpill

While I don't really think the comment is appropriate through this thread, throughout human history most men did not have children so it is not entirely inappropriate. What conclusions you draw from it may be inappropriate.

There's part of the old testament that focuses on giving young men advice to not being taken advantage of by society and specifically women, so the sheer length of time OP's complaints have existed is noteworthy.

If you can figure out which book, chapter, and verses you refer to, I would be interested to know. Maybe Proverbs chapter 6 [1]? I think that would enhance the discussion (even if this subthread would become a bit of a tangent). It's generally good to go to the primary source even if you don't follow the religion in question.

If we are talking about Proverbs 6, then -- what it has to say /could/ be spun as misogynistic, but it isn't very, really: The message (in regards to women) is to avoid adultery; the metaphor is that practicing adultery will cost you much more than visiting a prostitute (of which it presumably also does not approve). It is the kind of thing you could imagine a mother, nanna, auntie, or babushka giving to a young man as advice. Seems commonsensical enough.

If you had something else in mind though, it would be great if you could share.

[1] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+6&vers...

And slavery has been around for the length of humanity and still exists today. That doesn't mean it's appropriate.

Ultimately it's subjective and a value judgment. You do you.

EDIT: I shortened OP's "not entirely inappropriate" to "appropriate"

What is even the point of that comparison?

There's a difference between misogyny and protecting yourself from hardship.

Doesn't misogyny create hardship for half the human race?

Yes, but why are you comparing what I am talking about to misogyny?

Does hypergamy?

Appropriate for what? Discussion?

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