When the discussion of women being sexually assaulted or emotionally or physically abused comes up, or even mothers who have been abandoned by the fathers of their children- the argument most frequently given to dismiss all this cruelty that is so common place towards women is that it is their fault for not "choosing better". Even though thousands of women have clarified that they've dated the so-called nice guys, the nerds who "never got a chance" and said guys were still horrible to them, many in the manosphere aren't listening. Even when we've stated that men can pretend to be nice and filter their worst qualities out for months or years, the manosphere and most of the internet has callously called these victims "stupid" and insisted that they can smell misogyny a mile away and that manipulation to that degree only happens in the movies. Alright.

Then let's compare it with men's many gripes about their options in women. If you don't want a gold digger, choose better, how could you be fooled if manipulation is only something cartoon villains do? Oh she's divorcing you and taking the car and the house- why did you choose her and marry her? Oh you're being falsely accused of SA, why did you choose that person to have sex with? Oh she cheated on you, why did you choose a cheater? Oh no one wants to date you, why do you keep choosing girls who don't want you? Or let's go for even the more fair stuff, the stuff that ultimately shouldn't be a problem for you but somehow is- She didn't sleep with you after 3 dates? Why did you choose to have 3 dates with her?

If we're going to pretend that lying isn't real, manipulating isn't real, victims always march right into traps, then that means none of you are victims of anything either, right? So why are you so upset? You chose all those rejections, you chose all those accusations, you chose all those ghosting messages, why are you upset? And why do you care what other people choose then, exactly? It's their life, let them live it, keep making your own choices, they have nothing to do with you if everything is so clearly a choice and in our own control.