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Are men disposable?

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BigFishLittleFish10 · 14/11/2024 17:01

My husband believes that men are disposable.

His views -

Men are f&@!ed over after a divorce and the woman end up with everything/custody of the children.

Men are used by society, worked to death then disposed of when society is finished with them.

Male suicide is an epidemic and society seeing men as disposable is one of the reasons.

Women and Mothers are cherished. Men are thrown away.

He’s made reference to women and children first on the Titanic and how the men were left to die.

Men dying in wars etc.

He refuses to believe that women face death, sexual assaults and violence in romantic relationships more than men face violence at the hands of their partners.

Believes that men have harder lives than women.

This week our son had a medical issue and I knew (gut instinct) that he wasn’t right and needed attention. I mentioned “Mothers intuition” and that riled him up - “Dads don’t matter then!”

He essentially has a chip on his shoulder about the issue.

I’ll be leaving the marriage eventually (other issues) but just wondering what everyone’s views are on this topic? Thanks.

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Cheesyfootballs01 · 14/11/2024 17:10

Im glad you are leaving him OP.

He sounds like a peach.

Msmoonpie · 14/11/2024 17:10

My main thought is that he’s a twat heading towards being an incel.

SirCharlesRainier · 14/11/2024 17:07

The Titanic thing: I believe your class of travel was more indicative of your survival chances than your sex.

And I've read that in all wars since around WW1, civilian deaths have massively outnumbered military deaths, which means women are indeed as or more affected than men, especially since they're more likely to be raped or enslaved than men, even if they're not killed. Hillary Clinton got castigated for making this point a few years ago even though she was right.

The domestic violence/sexual assault point just makes him sound a bit dim. I can't be bothered to go through the rest point by point. Does the name Andrew Tate get mentioned a lot in your house?

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