Some threads I've read this morning have helped me to realise that my thinking about men has changed since joining MN. And not in a good way.
There's an undertone that men need to do things the woman's way, or it's wrong. That men should be grateful for any sex that women are willing to give in a long term relationship, even if that peters out to no sex at all.
Men are seen to be babies who can't do anything for themselves, and need to have someone pre plan and organise their lives, but god forbid they fall into the pattern of behaviour of expecting their female partner to do these things for them, as that's what they've always done.
This thinking is observable to a greater or lesser extent across the boards.
I've also recognised where this thinking has affected the way I think about my wonderful man, and sometimes in things I've said to him or actions towards him. I need to watch this in future.
I'm concerned that the general thinking about men on this website can't be good for society if this is the way women think, and are encouraged to think by others.
If women treat men this way collectively and have low expectations around them, no wonder the bar is getting lower.