Why are men always told to be better, whereas women are always told they deserve better?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

It's the clash of the old society vs. The new one.

Men have always been expected to to keep and maintain society. And women have always been expected to birth and raise the next generation. That was society in a nutshell. So if man didn't do better, society would stagnate. If women didn't demand better men then the structure would not be there for her to birth and raise those children.

The problem today is there are no societal expectations for people anymore. Now when I say this I'm not saying men need to be men and women need to be women. I'm simply saying their are costs to success. My parents sacrificed EVERYTHING for me. I try to remind myself of that daily anytime I want to quit or take the easy way. Does that mean I owe them? No. I know they just want me to be happy. But part of being happy is success. I carry my father's name. He had that name before me and carried it with honor, ergo I must do the same. My mother gave up every individual dream she had and put that energy into us kids. I owe it to her to be the man she raised me to be.

Life is hard, society reminds us every day that somehow we're not enough (both men and women). But the reality is you were enough from your first breathe. God made you perfectly imperfect. And every day you have the choice (man or woman) to make this world a better place. You came into this world with nothing and you leave with nothing. But what you do here and the lives you touch will make all the difference in the world. It took me too many years to understand that.

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Take it from an ex-feminist: Resentment towards men's natural superiority so that is why people demonize men, romanticize women in order to make women feel good as some kind of compensation and coping strategy. Basically this: "if we women cannot have the biological disadvantages and superiority that you men have, then we are going to make you feel bad to make ourselves feel good"

[Anonymous]

The world is simply harsher towards men.