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Chanse McCrary and Shayne Topp observed a persistent double standard: straight men rarely object to women who have been with women — often the opposite — while some straight women see any same-sex history in a male partner as an absolute dealbreaker. That asymmetry, they argue, is a big reason bisexual men stay closeted.
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The second story comes from AITA. A gay man who's been out since 18 does his dad a favour by delivering photography work to a client's office. The dad's colleagues, some of whom are younger women, openly flirt with him and call him attractive. Flustered and in a professional context, he says nothing about being gay and eventually excuses himself. When his dad returns the next day and mentions he has a boyfriend, the women are furious and call the narrator an asshole for 'letting them embarrass themselves.' The group agrees this is absurd — he was there on a professional errand and had no obligation to disclose his sexuality. Jared then shares his own story of lying to the most attractive woman he'd ever met when she asked if he was gay, prompting a wide-ranging conversation about bisexual men, double standards in dating, and how gay men can still be attractive to women. [1] — Jared Goldstein "When the most attractive woman Jared Goldstein had ever encountered asked him point-blank if he was gay, he panicked, said no, and then spr…" 12:32
A gay 23-year-old dropping off his dad's work was hit on by female colleagues, who later called him an asshole for not disclosing his sexuality — but Reddit and his dad both sided with him: sexuality is nobody's business.
When the most attractive woman Jared Goldstein had ever seen asked him point-blank if he was gay, he panicked and said no, then hid from her the rest of the night before coming clean a month later — they're still friends.
When the most attractive woman Jared Goldstein had ever encountered asked him point-blank if he was gay, he panicked, said no, and then sprinted to a friend for advice on 'figuring out how to be straight.' They're still friends — she was flattered when he finally came clean a month later.
Erin Brockovich describes data center expansion as 'a full-on assault' hitting communities across water, electricity, noise, air pollution, and land loss. She calls it the biggest bipartisan conversation she's seen in her 30-year career — and warns that tech companies didn't see the coming backlash.
Demanding an emergency fund balance on a first date is the wrong approach. What you're really looking for is someone with character, maturity, and a direction — not a perfect financial snapshot. You can build a budget in 20 minutes; you can't build character that fast.
The fear of not being financially ready to have children is almost always a failure to run the real budget. On $110K a year, you can afford a child. What you can't afford is the fantasy nursery, the bigger car, and staying home on one income without a plan.
You've already said enough. The enabling, the financial dysfunction, the fear it'll land in your lap — if you can't say yes with full confidence, the answer is no. Tell Mom to rent a cheap one-bedroom, sell her house, and buy a condo near the grandkids instead.
Bobby watching a father hold his baby triggered an existential moment: he and Andrew might be missing fatherhood. They priced out adoption ($40K–$70K private, $0–$2K foster care) and briefly considered adopting a child to timeshare like a condo.
In 1950, 60% of the world lived in extreme poverty. Today it's roughly 1 in 10. Capitalism and economic growth did that — nothing else has ever worked at scale. The challenge now isn't generating enough wealth; it's building the political will to distribute it.
The manosphere begins with genuinely useful advice — get fit, be ambitious, find a partner. But it rapidly devolves into dominance, misogyny, and crypto university grifts. The most famous manosphere figures are running $50-a-month Ponzi schemes, exploiting the very loneliness they pretend to cure.
Throughout human history, only 40% of men have ever reproduced. Romantic success has never been guaranteed — it has always required effort, self-development, and resilience. The incel movement's core lie is telling men they're owed something that no man has ever been owed.
The most common word Scott Galloway has heard in his life is no. That's not a failure — it's the mechanism through which great yeses are earned. For shy young men, the path forward is simple: approach people, accept rejection, repeat. Resilience to discomfort is the only real competitive advantage.
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