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I'm sure every single man posting on this website has an example of a time when they shared how they were feeling, or were vulnerable, to some women, and had it blow up in their face. I have.

Yes, but you're not allowed to talk about it, lest you be branded some sort of MRA or incel terrorist. Best bet is to keep your head down and ignore reality. "Lived experience" is only a valid data point for them, not us. For us, citation is needed. And sociology departments won't bother investigating.

Put another way: The well-known and obvious phenomenon of women losing respect for a man who shows weakness is Broscience - true, accurate, correct, corroborated thoroughly through tens of thousands of stories and lived experience, but because there's no PubMed listing, your arguments are useless.




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