Women have a lot of non-win situations. I’m not denying that. I have a good few close women friends so I know it’s true. But men do too. Here’s one of the main ones: men are criticized both by women and men for having and showing feelings, and for not having or showing them — often by the same people! It can be crazy-making.

Also, women expect us to show these feelings exactly in the way that they do or we’re doing it wrong (in their minds). But that’s just not how it works and never will.

No-win binds really suck and there are tons of them in the modern world.