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Looking at men differently now I know too much?

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clingfilmed · 16/01/2026 17:10

In recent years I've seen so much in the news and online about men's abuse and violence towards women. A man who looks totally normal and pleasant and is perhaps in many ways a good man might still be going home and creating fake AI nudes of women he knows or watching extreme porn or abusing his wife or kids or using prostitutes or cam girls or has a fetish that degrades and dehumanises women or is a complete misogynist.

There is a post on the relationships board now where a married man is hoping that just because a mum of his sons friend has been friendly towards him she might fancy him and be up for it.

Then looking at many of the men I know day to day how they talk to and interact with their wives and families is depressing to see, almost like they don't care at all.

I know its not every man, I know some men who I do think are good. I do look back to the rose tinted days of my teens when I would idealise boys and think they were so amazing and now knowing what I do about general trends and some men in particular its quite a disappointment.

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Toseland · 17/01/2026 00:01

There's a lot of people with agendas causing disruption to 'the traditional family'. I think they've got too used to people falling for a load of old rubbish and they think they can get away with virtually anything now.

Seriestwo · 16/01/2026 23:53

Me being straight is a fucking mystery daily.

I fancy men, but I hate them.

And I’m raising sons, who seem to be ok, but every mother hinks it’s not her boy, dowsnt she?

username734 · 16/01/2026 23:32

"They have three hearts: a false one in their mouths for all the world to see, another within their breasts only for their friends, and the third in the depths of their hearts, reserved for themselves alone and never manifested to anybody" Father João Rodrigues

Ownedbykitties · 16/01/2026 22:36

I feel the same. I can't look at men in the same way now I know that most have weird fetishes or fantasies about women and sex and that they compartmentalise it so easily and believe that none of it has any affect on their relationships with spouses or partners. Once you have your eyes opened to all of this you cannot possibly look at men in the same light as before you did not know. It's so easy to be aware of this now with all of the male "celebrities " that are caught out and their sordid fantasies made public as well as all the others who are caught out on line. I wouldn't trust any man. It's very sad.

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