I've noticed that a lot of scrotes threaten women with punishments that they will actually carry out anyway, no matter what women do.

"WELL if women are only going to date men who pay for dates, then I will only date young and beautiful women!"

"If women expect men to provide, then it's okay for men to sl*tshame women!"

"IF women demand equality then I won't be chivalrous!"

Many scrotes say these type of things. And as a woman, reading this can kick up some anxiety and make you question: "Wait, do I really want the guy to be a provider then? Maybe we should go 50/50, cause I don't want to be sl*tshamed or reduced to my looks and my age."

What you're not realizing when you're thinking that is that "you either have to go 50/50 or you have to be treated in a sexist manner" is a false dichotomy. He won't tell you this but this scrote will probably treat you in sexist ways no matter whether you make him pay for your stuff or not. The dilemma isn't "be in a 50/50 relationship and get treated like a total equal" vs "be with a provider and receive sexist treatment", it's "be in a 50/50 relationship and receive sexist treatment" vs "be with a provider and receive sexist treatment".

He's trying to flip the script and make it seem like women's demands are the reason why men act sexist, when the truth is that men acted sexist first and women only started making demands because they noticed that and they wanted to balance things out, not the other way around.

He's making those "WeLL if women do X then men should be able to do Y" comments to trigger your FOMO and encourage you to try being in a 50/50 relationship to see if you'll be treated better that way. You won't be treated better. And he knows it.

There is NO guy who has ever thought: "This pretty, younger, careerless conservative woman wanted to be with me but I refused to date her because I wanted to be a good non-ageist feminist who values careerwomen, and I believed that I had to limit my dating pool to educated women around my own age because of that. But nooow, because women are applying FDS principles, I realize that I should put my personal interest first, so I am going to go date that younger pickme woman."

None of them think like that and they know it. They put their own interest first by default and they know it. Even if they're with a woman who sacrifices herself for them, many of them will just keep taking and taking and never meeting her halfway, and they know that. So If the pretty young uneducated chick is what they want, they will pick her no matter what feminism has to say about it.

And if you hadn't demanded money from him, he would have been just as ageist, lookist, sexist as he is now that you're demanding it.

Scrotes are extremely manipulative! First thing to remember every time you read a man's opinion on feminist issues. They are manipulative. They are constantly trying to low ball you, confuse you, move the goal post, distract you to make sure that you're spending your time wondering, hesitating, arguing and doing everything but enforcing proper standards and boundaries.

At the end of the day, a man can promise all he wants that he won't treat you in sexist ways, it doesn't change the fact that he can always just blindside you and change his mind on that tomorrow. Words are cheap. Nothing proves that he will honor that promise. And as a woman it's not your job to just take that leap of faith and put your whole life into a man's hands for free, purely out of tRUsT for him.

Why should you even trust him before he has proven himself? Just a quick look at history and some 3rd world countries today will show why you can't just trust your man to make decisions that take both his interests and your interests into account in a fair and balanced way despite his privilege. They've shown many times that, if you don't keep them in check, they become selfish and full of the audacity.

At least when you make him pay to be with you, it hurts way less if he turns out to be a liar LVM later on. And if he doesn't turn out to be a fraud, he's still living in a society where he is generally more privileged than you are, so it's still fair to make him pay to be with you, just to keep him from feeling like he's above you and keep him from treating you in degrading ways because of it.