I never knew I was a man until I started my first job as a grown adult. Now, I can never go back to living like a child

Women have a tendency to infantilize and dehumanize men. I've gotten so used to the way they talk down to me, so much so that I can't even recall how I used to be before I started dating and interacting with women. I've always been a very laid-back, calm, and stoic person. I don't get mad often. I never knew, minding my own business, being quiet and reserved, and being a mellow person made me anything less of a man. I've always seen myself as a man. I do manly, masculine hobbies. I lift weights. I play hockey. I go fishing. But, I'm just not very outgoing. I'm not very social, and I don't like to talk much. Women, when you're around them, make you feel like a weak, spineless coward if you don't talk all the time and make them laugh. They'll call you gay, make fun of your voice, or flat-out say you're not a man.<br><br>When I was in High School, the teachers were very concerned with me because I was too quiet. This one teacher, a woman, straight up told me, "I don't think you're fit for college. You're too quiet. You're not made for the real world."<br><br>I come from a long line of very rigid, stoic men. My father, my grandfather, my great-grandfathers, my uncles, my brothers - all of them are tough, hard-as-nails men. None of them talk much. None of them make jokes. None of them are funny. At no point in my life did I ever feel like I didn't know how to be a man. I know how to be a man. I know how to be tough. But I don't fit the modern female narrative of what a man should be.<br><br>I'm a very serious, stoic, and reserved man. I don't joke around or make quips. I'm a serious person. I'm not funny, and I don't care to be funny. These days, women will befriend a man, thinking that you're a funny, charismatic guy if you make them laugh. The moment you're not laughing, or not making them laugh, they think you're boring and a pussy, a loser.<br><br>They'll befriend you, and then one day, they'll call you boring, and say that you're not the kind of dude they thought you were. They'll want to break up with you, not because you did anything wrong, but because you didn't get them a present, or buy them food. I've never been dumped before, because I've never dated a woman. But, women have always found excuses to dump me. I've never been able to finish a relationship with a woman. I've always been dumped, because I'm boring. Because I don't make them laugh. Because I don't buy them food. Because I don't work out. Because I don't make enough money. Because I don't want to fuck them. Because I haven't found a job yet. Because I didn't finish college yet. Because, because, because, because, because.<br><br>Women don't know how to treat men. Women don't understand how to be in a relationship with men. They're very fucking angry, and they want revenge against us. They want to hurt us, and they want us to suffer, just because we exist.<br><br>They'll befriend you, and then one day, they'll call you boring, and say that you're not the kind of dude they thought you were. They'll want to break up with you, not because you did anything wrong, but because you didn't get them a present, or buy them food. Or, they'll want to break up with you because you're not the right guy. Or, they'll want to break up with you because you're not manly enough. Or, they'll want to break up with you because you don't want to fuck. Or, they'll want to break up with you because you haven't found a job yet. Or, they'll want to break up with you because you haven't finished college yet. Or, they'll want to break up with you because you didn't make them laugh enough. Or, they'll want to break up with you because you didn't take them out enough. At what point, as a man, can we just live our lives, without being judged, and criticized, and constantly belittled, and constantly abused, just because of our gender?<br><br>I never knew I was a man until I started my first job as a grown adult. Now, I can never go back to living like a child.