And none of that has anything to do with my point.

I'm glad you felt annoyed and not threatened. Most of the time, that's true for me too. But I live in a country where guns outnumber people, mentally ill and violent people roam the streets, and the conservative party and main religion is waging an open war on women. Drug addiction is also completely out of hand.

I got followed the other day too. I got well and truly rattled, not just annoyed. Sadly, that happens frequently, and a polite 'no' doesn't usually take care of it.

I resent and reject the notion that for every woman around the world, it's foremost the job of women to sort out these men. To earn the right of equality by proving we mean men too. Women never denied men equality based on gender or sex. We don't have to prove a goddamned thing to men.

And I reiterate, pandering to trolls on the internet who are there specifically to abuse and harass women and weaponized our own compassion against us is not going to make a hill of beans difference in the lives of truly hurting men.

What it will do, is make Simon money. Don't ignore the fact that he has monetized his compassion and caring. He's no different that Jordan Peterson or Andrew Tate, in that regard.

It's easy to write fluff article after fluff article about being nice and poor poor men while sitting in a hammock with your MaiTai. It's a horse of a different color entirely to meet these men on the ground and actually try to do something to improve their lives. To stay with them until they're solid. To realize that many of them are going to choose to stay where they are, sitting in grievance, rather than do something for themselves. Cause that's what it takes. The long slow slog of one after another.

There's just nonfetrinf around the fact that what Simon and others (like Jordan Peterson) are asking for is that women sacrifice themselves to pander and pacify the male ego. They can't live their best life without you sacrificing yours.

You know what, Simon can come talk to me about my lack of compassion when he puts the MaiTai down, gets out of the hammock, and spends a day in my shoes. Or any of the hundreds of feminists on this platform's shoes.

When he puts his money and time where his mouth is, he might have sometgibf tonday worth listening to and considering. Until then, he's just another sellout.

Let me ask you this. If he cares so freaking much about men's issues, why doesn't he quit his fancy prestigious job and work at one that actually serves men? Why's he swinging from a hammock and going on travel adventures all the time instead of volunteering down at the local soup kitchen or homeless shelter? Sure, he'll go march for the party aspect of a protest and protests are a great way to hook up with women and he gets his travel adventure in many cases.

But where the rubber meets the road, from what he has shared repeatedly, his words do not align with his actions. I should not have to spell out what that means.