I see so many damned posts complaining about how much easier women have it and all the benefits women have, that this place keeps seeming like a vagina-envy space instead of a masculine one. So I'm gonna list out some of the reasons I'm ridiculously grateful for being born a man.

  • I can trust other men to give me straightforward and non-bullshit advice. If a woman asks "Why do men not find me attractive", people will dance around the issues and blame men for being stupid and shallow. If a man asks the same question, guys will say "Because you're a fucking fat and sloppy loser with no friends or self esteem, here are some resources to fix that".

  • I'm found attractive mostly on things I can control (body language, confidence, knowledge, etc) rather than things mostly controlled by genetics. I can be seen as more attractive than a guy that has won the genetic lottery if I work harder.

  • I don't have people begging to help me just because I'm attractive, I have to work for anything and everything I want, and the amount of work I put it in equally and directly correlates with what I get back.

  • I chase women, so I get to directly choose who I want to include in my love life. Even if I'm rejected by a woman, I am the one guiding the ship and taking the chances, I can see a woman and go "That is the type of person I want in my life, I will go after her". Women just hang around, look pretty, and hope an awesome guy approaches them instead of some wimp. They have no agency or control in their love life.

  • I'm not treated like a delicate, special child my whole life, so I know what it's like to live life with no safety net.

  • Since my attractiveness is reliant on a number of things (body, style, confidence, etc) instead of just my looks, I can lose one of them and still lead a happy and successful life.

  • If I fail I have no one to blame but myself.

  • I need to be more than physically attractive to be successful, which leads to me developing rich and interesting interests, hobbies, and lifestyle and self improvement habits (ask almost any attractive woman what she does in her free time, what books she's reading, where she is constantly trying to improve to see what I'm talking about).

  • In addition, I can stay attractive well into my later life, a woman will lose the one thing that set her ahead once she hits the wall.

  • I don't have a group coddling me and telling me that everything is not my fault and that the world is against me and no one is making excuses for me. I have learned to be responsible for my own actions and situations instead of blaming the world around me.

So what about you? Why are you glad to be a guy?