How come they say men and women are equal but at the same time men can control women?

[chris_987]

I always scare girls complain that they have a controlling x who wouldn't let them do anything, but you've never heard the opposite. If a girl told me I couldn't do something I would just laughing her face and do it anyways.

So the fact that A man can control a woman and she feels threatened or afraid. Inherently means we're not equal

[Anonymous]

There is a literal dictionary term for a man controlled by his wife/girlfriend, henpecked or I'm pretty sure you've heard the term "whipped." Men won't openly admit this because they know how it will sound, like they have no power in their relationships, because they don't. Because we are a society that values men in power far more than women, he knows what his guy friends will say if he complains about it and how they will treat him if he admits this, but his friends and family and everyone else know. I've met a few super controlling women and it's just as bad as the guys who do it. It's almost like abuse level in that they can try to leave but they are almost brain washed or gas lit into believing that their lives will come apart if they do.

[chris_987]

Don't woman enforce that standard of men being in power?

Girls don't want a powerless man so men strive for power, so they can get girls

[Opinion Owner]

There is huge difference between a man having confidence and existing as such and one who seeks to control you. I don't know women personally who want a controlling man to tell them how to act, be, live, where they can go, what they can wear. My boyfriend is not my parent and I am not a child, so why would I seek out or defer to someone who treats me that way? The thought of this makes my skin crawl.

[chris_987]

I don't know about that want ask for there boyfriends/husband's input all the time whether it's "does this dress make me look fat" or "where do you want to eat" I think it's in a woman nature to please her man so most women I would bet are turned by men they like telling them what to do.

[Opinion Owner]

Do you know a lot of women? LOL.Are women never supposed to ask their partner any question ever? In the reverse, if a woman asks her man "what do you want to eat," or "does this suit look nice on me," you honestly think that means, she's controlling him because he's asked for an opinion? This is literally what you think the definition of control is.

[TruthBeTold77]

No THOSE women LET men control them. I hate controlling men as soon as I see a man is controling I walk. On top of that I'm surprised anyone would want to date you. Low standards I guess.

[chris_987]

So I have low standards because I don't want a girl to control me?

[TruthBeTold77]

No the girl as low standards for dating you.