https://zawn.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-the-wife-who-leaves-without-a7c
A great read.
“Think about all the women you know. Now think about how much effort they put into their relationships—the books they read, the message boards they post to, the endless ways they tie themselves in knots, making excuses for their loser manbaby husbands and endlessly trying to find some way to make it work.”
“Women agonize over their relationships before ending them. My own data, for example, show that women talk to their partners about household labor inequity an average of every other week. Most women are begging their partners to do better. Begging them to go to therapy. Posting on message boards, reading books, and bending over backward to improve relationships into which their partners put zero effort.”
