On Valentines Day

Exactly, bro. Girls can like action movies too. :)

If it rustles your jimmies when a man treats women as equals, that's your problem. When you buy your way into relationships, you are going to wind up with women who expect you to buy things. This is not complicated.

You have completely missed the point from the original comment, so let me spell it out for you:

Society, as a whole, expects men to buy women things on Valentine's day. There is nothing romantic about this since it's considered obligatory. Men should be boycotting Valentine's day due to the fact that it is expected behavior and there is no reciprocal obligation..

Buying things for people is not a way of showing that you love them. That's a throwback to once upon a time when women couldn't work and men bought things as a method of courting. Women have their own money and can buy their own shit now. Many women still expect men to buy them things. Many women also reward the behavior with sex - that makes them prostitutes. Yes, yes, "not all women are like that" - you mean in a large group of people not all of the members will be exactly the same? Shocking!

There is a difference between giving somebody a gift and buying them things. I'm not wasting my time explaining that one.

You do seem to be at least halfway to understanding the problem. You do know the difference between gift giving and buying things. You are missing the reciprocal obligation catch. On Valentine's Day, there is NO expectation of women to do anything for you. The onus is entirely on you to do something special. There are women who take it upon themselves to do things for their men, but society does not expect it from women the way it does men. My issue is with double standards such as these. In Japan, women are expected to make chocolate for their SO's, - this is an example of a reciprocal obligation which is perfectly fine.

The "shaming tactic" in question referenced the other poster suggesting I wasn't a "true man" because he held a different opinion than mine. Nothing to do with the behavior of buying gifts.

Here's a list of the most common ones that men see:

www . avoiceformen . com / mens-rights / the-catalog-of-anti- male-shaming-tactics/

Remove spaces, obviously.

I get to decide what makes me a real man, not you. Your shaming tactics have no power. You'll make somebody a great alimony and child support dispenser someday.

The holidays you cite have strayed so far from their original intent that absolutely, yes, we should not be participating in them either. One battle at a time, Valentine's Day is on the horizon.

ironic, rolled on "still virgin" and I also have a cat that flip off when pissed.

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