I’m a woman, and I’ve been noticing something that I can’t stop thinking about. Women constantly hear advice like: “If he wanted to, he would.” “Girl, leave him.” “Beat him.” “Never settle.” “You don’t need to explain yourself.” I feel like this shit is DESTRUCTIVE towards men. Women taking this advice is why a lot of women aren’t able to have healthy relationships with men, I personally took advice like this and it was not helpful at all. Some women think it’s helpful, I do not. It made me wonder… What kind of relationship advice are men constantly hearing? Not the advice you would give—I’m asking about the advice you’re repeatedly told by friends, family, social media, podcasts, influencers, etc. What is it? If you’ve actually followed that advice, what happened? Did it help your relationships, make them worse, or teach you something? I’m asking because I’m working on a book about how relationship advice aimed specifically at men and women can unintentionally push us toward seeing each other as opponents instead of people. It feels like so much advice starts with “because men…” or “because women…” instead of “because people…” I’m genuinely interested in hearing your experiences and opinions as men. The more specific you are, the more helpful it is. Your experience and opinion is going to be way more accurate than my assumption of it and I want to and intend to understand and see where y’all are coming from. submitted by /u/Tall_Nectarine_9692
Originally posted by u/Tall_Nectarine_9692 on r/AskMen
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