This was in my high school and early college years, later on in life I was able develop romantic relationships with them and healthy platonic relationships. I’ll be upfront and say a lot of the times if a straight dude hates women vehemently, it’s probably because he’s not getting laid or able to form any semblance of a romance with a woman.

    • Phish [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      I completely agree with you. I guess I'm trying my best not to view empathy through a competitive lens. It's a lot easier for me to empathize with women being hated for no reason than with the guys doing the hating. I didn't really do a good job articulating it but part of my point is that those feelings of hatred could possibly be avoided all together if we approached loneliness with more compassion from the start.