My first blog post to steemit..
I'm a 37-year-old white man, living in the midwestern United States.. In the past few years, I've gone through a lot of changes. Most of my life I've been liberal.. back in the 90s when I was a teenager, it was liberals and Democrats who seemed to be the underdog within our culture.. ideas like sexual freedom, anti-racism, white privilege, male privilege, anti-religion, feminism, standing up for minorities, standing against capitalism.. people who stood for those things seemed to be persecuted in our society.. at least from my point of view as a teenager..
I spent my life immersed in that culture, rarely ever giving a conservative the time of day, and essentially considering them to be evil or stupid. About 3 years ago, after working my ass off for 20 years, while surrounding myself with those types of people, I hit rock bottom.. I had gone nowhere. I found myself at 35 years old with no children, no girlfriend or wife, living in a motel and working at a gas station. My mother, and other women in my life were the source of a lot of my ideas. It was sympathy for the women in my life that was holding my views in place, and maybe some of it was fear of rejection for holding ideas outside of social norms.. I always told myself that it was the right thing to do to cater to women, and I think my mother groomed me to have no boundaries as far as the women in my life.. I used to let women walk all over me.. One bad relationship after another which kinda had me racing to the bottom of the barrel as far as dating.. There was so much negativity and drama, and I let it consume me..
After reaching a breaking point I moved in with my father.. It's very embarrassing to be practically middle-aged and having to move in with a parent.. but I did it and broke out of a lot of the toxic relationships that I had formed over the years. I took time off from working, and kinda spent that time getting to know myself, and in that time I began to write blogs detailing experiences I had from the time I was about 17, up until the present day. So having recently discovered steemit, I've decided to share these stories here, and maybe even continue to create new ones about other experiences, or do other types of writing if the response is positive..
I'm no longer liberal, I no longer identify as Democrat.
I follow men's rights, I think feminism is a destructive ideology that drives a wedge between the genders and crucifies men simply for being men, while simultaneously protecting women from consequences for their behavior. I now believe that women are afforded privileges in our society that men aren't.. and as you'll see in my blogs, I've had my fair share of dealings with difficult, destructive, or even evil women...
My life has improved a lot over the past 3 years, I'm working a better paying job, I met a girl who shares my beliefs, and I have my own place for the first time since 2010.. the following blog posts I will be sharing here are just little stories from my life. The ones that stick out in my head.. I'm hoping that some might find them useful or entertaining. I'm gonna warn you that some may seem a little dramatic or maybe even unbelievable, but I assure you these are real stories..
I think the male experience in dating, relationships, family, and society has been all but ignored.. I get the feeling people in general don't care about the struggles of men.. I think men are hesitant to share their struggles and experiences for fear of being considered weak, or complaining.. leaving the narrative to be filled by feminists who will paint a picture that its all "sunshine and happiness" if you're born with a penis. The radical end of gender relations has convinced everyone that women are always suffering at the hands of the patriarchy.
I think it's time for men to start sharing their struggles to dispell the myths that modern feminism is propagating.. we all struggle in different ways.
Thanks for reading, and upvote if you like what I'm sharing..
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