> The average young man wants mutual compassion and respect from their social circles and loyalty and being loved from their girlfriend. Everybody wants that,

> The average young man wants mutual compassion and respect from their social circles and loyalty and being loved from their girlfriend. Everybody wants that, including the potential girlfriends, but a functional relationship requires 2 well-adjusted parties. The average level 2 druid also wants respect from their guild and a trusty side-kick, but they may have to grind for those things and go on some side quests. No one is owed a partner, especially if they are unable to compromise (the grease of all social interactions). > Porn rot is an online myth that exists to justify demonizing men Fortunately,there is scientific research[1] in the field, so we don't have to go with our gut-feeling. Modeling behavior on scripted pornography leads to socially unacceptable behaviors in real life. A female acquaintance was recently propositioned by the man she had just started dating for an 3-way "encounter" involving her sister (as in full sibling); I think "porn rot" is the right description of what led him down the road of thinking it was a perfectly reasonable request to verbalize. This put an end to the relationship, but I'm sure he might be out there somewhere complaining about how he's being unfairly rejected by women. > ...who don't live up to traditional gender expectations. every generation has a subculture like this, and in the past, they accepted, and gloried even, that they were a subculture instead of demanding to be accepted by the mainstream (beatniks, punks, goths, emos, etc). 1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37847848/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37847848/