I am just writing this for anyone who comes across old posts I have made on the Internet in the future.
Without wanting to sound like a feminist, I should admit that for a long time I held beliefs and wrote things about women that I'm now genuinely embarrassed by. Because of that, I want to offer an apology to the women I associate with and the female sex in general.
There were several reasons behind the resentment I used to feel toward women. (I am just saying these are the causes, I'm not saying these are excuses), my own lack of success with women, a lot of bottled-up frustration and anger, most of the women I encountered on the Internet being extremely rude and not worthy of respect, spending time in online spaces and watching content that reinforced those beliefs, being bullied by girls when I was younger, and simply never really having the chance to know women whom I felt were worthy of respect. Almost all of the female relatives I'm closest with in my family are not worth much, and the only girl I ever dated and slept with ended things very badly and left me with an even worse view of them.
More recently, though, that resentment has faded. I've come to realize that there are plenty of women far more deserving of respect than the ones I happened to know recently or interact with earlier in my life. I've spent a lot of time in serious self-reflection and sorting through my anger, and I think I now have a clearer understanding of where those feelings actually came from.
As I've gotten older, I've also grown to appreciate more of the virtues that women bring to society, warmth, gentleness, and a sensitivity to the feelings of others.
Looking back, a lot of my old attitudes make me cringe, especially after getting to know some women on discord servers, mutuals on Xitter, and even a few people on this site. They're far more thoughtful, decent, and human than the impression of women I carried for so long. I respect them a great deal as people, and I like many of them personally as well.
So once again, I want to apologize to women.
Without wanting to sound like a feminist, I should admit that for a long time I held beliefs and wrote things about women that I'm now genuinely embarrassed by. Because of that, I want to offer an apology to the women I associate with and the female sex in general.
There were several reasons behind the resentment I used to feel toward women. (I am just saying these are the causes, I'm not saying these are excuses), my own lack of success with women, a lot of bottled-up frustration and anger, most of the women I encountered on the Internet being extremely rude and not worthy of respect, spending time in online spaces and watching content that reinforced those beliefs, being bullied by girls when I was younger, and simply never really having the chance to know women whom I felt were worthy of respect. Almost all of the female relatives I'm closest with in my family are not worth much, and the only girl I ever dated and slept with ended things very badly and left me with an even worse view of them.
More recently, though, that resentment has faded. I've come to realize that there are plenty of women far more deserving of respect than the ones I happened to know recently or interact with earlier in my life. I've spent a lot of time in serious self-reflection and sorting through my anger, and I think I now have a clearer understanding of where those feelings actually came from.
As I've gotten older, I've also grown to appreciate more of the virtues that women bring to society, warmth, gentleness, and a sensitivity to the feelings of others.
Looking back, a lot of my old attitudes make me cringe, especially after getting to know some women on discord servers, mutuals on Xitter, and even a few people on this site. They're far more thoughtful, decent, and human than the impression of women I carried for so long. I respect them a great deal as people, and I like many of them personally as well.
So once again, I want to apologize to women.
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