H.K. Belvedere Ω

This is why it is absurd to assign men greater responsibility without the authority to go with it. Men cannot tell women what to do, because men & women are equal. Yet we all expect more of men anyway, despite this so-called equality. What kind of half-baked bullshit is that?

It's for this reason a lot of men simply will not "step up" anymore. You're held to higher standards of morality, performance and general behaviour - but you're not in charge. You do not get respect. Your word is not heeded as law. This effectively makes you a servant.

And it's not even the good sort of servant, as to say, I will do my best for you, and you will do your best for me, and in turn we will serve one another wholeheartedly. No, it's the "you get scapegoated for all my mistakes, but you're not in charge of me!" kind of servitude.

Which if you think about it, is a sublime act of cognitive dissonance in and of itself. If I am not in charge of you, but everything that goes wrong with your life is my fault, how can your problems be my fault? If you are in charge of yourself, your problems are your fault.

So what really is equality according to modern women, based on their behaviours and expectations? It is ultimately to hold men responsible whilst denying their authority. A paradox which betrays the natural laws of hierarchy, where the most mature and competent rise to the top.

Does being held ultimately responsible, whilst being denied authority over those under your charge sound like equality to you? No. It is an inversion of nature, and a most egregious and peverse inequality, for it robs man of his natural status whilst maintaining his duties.

And to rob man of his natural status whilst maintaining the duties commensurate with such a status is to effectively make him a second class citizen. It is disingenuous, unjust, and morally indefensible - not to mention dysfunctional, and relationally unsustainable.

A red herring that oft comes up when discussing these matters is the idea that not believing in gender equality means you hate women And to that I say, as I always say - I don't believe children are equal in station and competence to adults, but that doesn't mean I hate children