A woman: “I prefer tall men.”
A man: “You’re fat, nobody will ever love you, you whale 😂🤣”
Men are incapable of having preferences without dehumanizing the women they’re not attracted to. That’s the difference.
Got into an Uber and said hello.
Five minutes later the driver was explaining why women need to be more submissive, why modern women are too obsessed with money, and how he'd "discipline" me if I were his wife.
Sir.
You're driving a 2017 Corolla and talking like you're auditioning to be a third-world dictator.
I stared out the window while this man turned a rideshare into an unsolicited relationship podcast.
The entitlement is fascinating. Some men see a woman sitting quietly and assume she ordered a TED Talk on male authority.
I didn't argue. I didn't engage.
I just pulled out my phone and started typing.
"Who are you texting?" he asked.
"My dad," I replied. "He's a police officer."
The silence that followed deserves a Grammy.
Funny how the urge to discipline women disappears the second another man might be involved.What sort of entitlement makes a complete stranger think a woman got into his car specifically to hear his opinions on female obedience?
Some men mistake proximity for permission.
I paid for a ride, not a manifesto.