Perhaps this is an odd thing to be thinking about during a global crisis, but yesterday when President Zelenskyy showed such defiance in staying put in Kyiv, after uttering the words "when you attack us, you'll see our faces, not our backs", I sort of half-jokingly said to a friend, "wow this guy is really raising the bar for the standards I'd want in a future partner." But then it got me to thinking about a topic that I don't think gets covered enough: men and cowardice. Why is it that instead of being utterly repulsed by men who literally run away and refuse to talk about problems that women are supposed to "communicate" and give them multiple chances? Why does society tolerate men being cowards by giving them a pass to shirk the responsibilities of home and family life while their partners gets zero reprieve? Why are men given the anonymity to be cowards by being able to hide behind screens and ogle cam girls and Instagram "models"? Why can men have whole secret lives, and when those lives are exposed, not have to experience any shame? In other words, why are men allowed to be cowards when it comes to personal relationships?

I really don't know where I'm going with this, but I've gotten to the point in my level-up journey that any hint of cowardice, particularly when it comes to communication or handling the normal responsibilities of adulthood, makes that man instantly unattractive to me, and if a friend is dating a coward I feel similarly repulsed. It's time to tell cowardly men that they are cowards and that makes them undatable. Put them in the trash can where they belong.