Right? I can't take credit, I've seen versions of it around, but I think it rings true and should be heard more

"We tell them that we're teaching them how to be men when all we do is train them to avoid being women."

... the irony is that men then misuse the MLE to worsen that problem, the claim that a romantic partner is needed

We train men to conflate normal friendship with marriage, is the thing. If a man cries because stress and pressure much, the comforting shoulder there "had better be that of the woman you love." The rest is down to individual values, so men don't make lasting connections with each other too often,

Like a lot of psychology buzzwords, it is a real thing; it's just being used wrong

I was radicalized when my cat water fountain asked me to download an app. It's a little stream of water for my cats to drink from; I don't need it to fail when my phone fails. I don't need it to take up storage on my phone. I don't need it to make everything slower.

Kakapo Bard, Shima Enaga Sorcerer, Sable Rogue, Badger Fighter, Binturong Druid if you find it cute xD

The point to me is the futility of trying to be unproblematic in romance fiction. Chunks of communities worry about whether or not their collective romfic is acceptable when the reality is that the romfic industry has already figured out that it's about the fantasy being fantasy