Not to come off as "woe is me" but in the past I've allowed women to treat me worse than I would allow anyone else to - and I'm sure I'm not alone - just because I was sexually interested. I suppose at the time I saw it as a "no pain, no gain" sort of deal, like how you go to the gym it sucks for a bit but then you get stronger. In my mind I thought I'll take some of this unfavorable treatment but then down the road not only will her care make up for this but it'll also heal other areas.

While this isn't acceptable, what really irks me are sh!t tests in non-romantic contexts. For example in a workplace scenario where you're just trying to keep your head down and it becomes a "what? I'm not good enough?" no-win situation.

It's almost as if because guys place such a high premium on sex - and because it's presented that men desire sex more than women - that women are geared toward seeing what it's worth to these guys, even though the guys that don't play these games are the ones women are most into. It's a shame that men have to face this, then behave in a certain manner to counter, then get chewed out for behaving in the only acceptable way - which is quite counter to how men naturally prefer to be.

I can't help but think that a check would be in place were the sexes reversed but because women have historically been perceived to be at a disadvantage and because they place their value on the value they can extract and because society exists itself as an organism interested in its own survival, it all falls on deaf ears.