I cannot stand when people see me as a "woman" or call me "Girl".

There are also brutal truths of existing as a man. Men have their genitalia mutilated all around the world also, including myself, it's called circumcision. All around the world, men are stoned to death, crucified and beheaded on a daily basis.

I and just about every man I know at one point or another has been labeled a "psycho" at some point, which was usually determined not by his action, but by a females opinion. I have pursued women who loved it, then all of a sudden, with no change in my behaviour to my knowledge, I am suddenly "a creep". There is a hazy difference between these two, and it usually rests upon a females whim.

If somebody wants to cuddle or kiss you, and you refuse, it's probably embarrasing, which could account for them keeping their distance. If somebody compliments you (politely) on your body or whatever you should feel good about yourself. Women say things about my body sometimes, and it makes me feel good. You know why? Because as a man, we ALSO have impossible idealizations we are expected to live up to, and I appreciate it when people pay attention to me. Women often treat complements on their appearance as some sort of weird thing, well how about never being told you are beautiful expect anybody but your mother and whoever you are fucking, for your whole life?

I call women who act like women WOMEN and girls who act like girls GIRLS. Also with societal pressure to always look young, most men probably think it's flattering use the term girl instead of woman. Most women I know under the age of 30 refer to each other as girls a lot of the time as well.

People also tend to "gender quash" (whatever that means) men as hulking brutes interested in nothing but sticking their dick into something (you come pretty close in your post) which is equally unfair. Yeah, people probably size you up or whatever because we are sexual beings and people tend to get touchy when they are attracted to somebody. If I am at a bar and a woman puts her hand on my shoulder or something, and it wasn't desired, I don't "snap back" even though women TERRIFY me sometimes, I know that my fears are my own problem and I can't expect everyone else to change their behaviour around the little island that is my personality.

A lot of the "problems" you seem to have with men and their behaviour (which is who I assume you are referring to every time you say the word "people"), really isn't a problem, and the things that are problems, I urge you to understand for the most part are not specific to males.

I hope someday you free yourself from all that anger, stop trying to change the entire world, and realize that the only solution is to Know Thyself and Love Thyself. I get a little closer every day but I still have a long way to go.

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