I Don’t Play Fair, Because I Don’t Have To: In Relationships, There Is No Such Thing As Equality

I have been chastised by so many people over the years for speaking out about putting myself and my needs first when it comes to relationships, especially romantic ones.

I hear so many women fight for the right to be taken advantage of by men who know they have the emotional upper-hand in the relationship. These women really believe they are doing their fair share by bending over backwards to keep a man happy, under the guise that they must “play fair” with men. And because some women care too much about men and their opinions, most men play accordingly, while reaping the benefits of a woman who isn’t in touch with her desires and expectations in a relationship.

Men have been served by their girlfriends, mothers, aunts, sisters, and wives for centuries, and they are used to being worshipped like kings even though they treat the women in their lives like paupers. They know how eager women are to please men, even to their detriment; and so they take full advantage of their feminine counterpart while preaching about equality and how a woman must do her “fair share.”

The truth is that most women are being drained physically, emotionally, and financially by doing most (or all) of the housework, working a full-time career, raising…