once corporations noticed the profitability of the internet, they wanted in on it, to make profit through it.
the fastest way to make money through something is that people use it more than anything, make them mad and looking at drama, to increase conflict so you have to see a 12 part analysis on why did [important youtuber] fucked his cat or whatever. its a process that was happening even before 2012, the fact that it wasnt obvious then does not mean it wasnt happening.
youre also experiencing nostalgia of a time you were unburdened by a lot of things. gamergate was fairly big by then.
it couldnt have happened any other way.
now you can just hope that someone tries to revive that atmosphere in a obscure mastodon instance or something. https://sadgrl.online/ is a site that helps with learning to do website stuff if you want to make a little shrine of those times. hope this helps
men are not an unified front that plans things behind womens backs, similarly, some random woman you see on the street is not conspiring against you specifically
you should have a social codes for
thats marginally less weird
monogamy and poligamy are both social contracts all participants must agree on, both are morally neutral
that dominance/submission thing i think its called power play, you can read about it if you want to, but its not a thing a majority of people will agree with you about it being necesary for relationships