People on both sides of each culture are trying their best to minimize risk, knowing that as long as the other person has leverage over them, there's a possibility of getting screwed.

If you're a guy who's anti marriage, then understand that marriage has ALWAYS been a gamble for women, because of biology. The possibility of a guy leaving you for a younger model ALWAYS exists, so women essentially either HAVE to 1. Hope their man will never stray ever 2. Be financially indepdent so if he does stray she can leave/protect herself 3. Marry wealthy so even if he does trade up, she's still taken care of

This is a shit sandwich for women. Don't get me wrong, if a woman stays active and focuses on things like her beauty, SOME men will stay loyal, but two things. 1. High status men have always had multiple women and will have trouble staying faithful 2. Men who PREVIOUSLY DIDNT have status can gain status in their 30s/40s and STILL CHEAT. All the dudes here saying I WOULD NEVER CHEAT will have a hard time saying that when they're 40 and the 20 year old secretary won't stop aggressively hitting on you. If you've never gotten real female attention then don't pretend you know how you'd respond.

The point is that men SHOULD NOT fault women for picking the lesser of two evils and becoming boss babes who fuck chad. Its LOWER RISK and its STILL RISKY. Guys in the manosphere who tell women that being traditional will solve their problems are cringe.

DONT get me wrong. Being more feminine as a woman will absolutely get you places. But placing your trust in a man not to stray is dumb. I don't know if I could ever be faithful to just one woman forever, even if she was the mother of my kids. I THINK I could. But I'm not arrogant enough to sit here and pretend it's impossible that I'd cheat.

Also, I'm not saying I blame men who won't get married etc. Both sides are in an arms race where unfortunately, nobody can both trust and get what they want.

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