> For the first time in history, women actually have the societal, as well as legal right to not find a man.

In the west, when was the last time a woman was legally forced to find a man? I think your brain is in the 1950s, but a lot has changed since then and you can't just project your emotional state regarding past female suffering onto our current times.

> They are no longer coerced by laws or societal norms to settle for a man, and can freely chose to only find a partner if that partner is attractive to them, physically or emotionally or whatever their preference is.

Yes and the results are astounding. Lets not pretend male and female attraction are equal or fair. I once went on a date with a woman I met online who turned out to be obese. During the date she complained that she only had sex once that month. How many obese men do you think have the problem? The way men and women judge each other is MASSIVELY skewed.

> treat women as individuals instead of sex objects to be claimed

Yet again, more BS. Most men hardly ever receive compliments or attention from the opposite sex, but the same isn't true the other way around. If you're dehydrated in the desert then you're going to be fixated on drinking water. The same is true here. I think men go straight to sex because they are starved of attention. The same attention that women get on a regular basis.

> There is plenty of room to talk about how culture around men prioritizes sex and finding a partner, and discourages men from being themselves.

Women play a huge role in reinforcing this. As a personal anecdote, I dated this woman in college who rubbed my finger nails and said they were too smooth. Then she proceeded to ask me if I worked with my hands at all. This kind of mind-fuckery is a common experience for men.

> There is plenty of room to talk about how plenty of women hate the current situation where logging into a dating app means 100 new messages, 5 unsolicited dick picks, and being called a slut when they rebuff someone's advances, as if that makes any sense.

Yet another example of female privilege. Women's sexuality is viewed as the default and morally correct sexuality, whereas men are expected to repress our own sexuality and conform to women's standards. Just look at the gay community, gay men are much more free and open with their sexuality.

Honestly, what's wrong with a dick pic? Men would love if women sent them naked pictures. It's only because women have set up these games for men to play that we judge this as morally wrong.

> None of this is putting women on a pedestal.

It absolutely is. You're doing that thing where women are the victims in every scenario and men are monsters. You're doing the same lack of nuance thing that I originally commented about.

> A significant portion of the right wing here in the states is actively campaigning on the idea of abolishing all non-standard cultures, and demonizing independent women and single mothers especially as solely responsible for society's ills.

If understanding reality is right wing then call me a right winger if that makes you feel better. Again you're doing that lack of nuance thing because you think calling out toxic femininity automatically means women will get their rights taken away.

> If you are hurt by a traditionally oppressed population finally getting the ability to direct their own life, you should consider what that says about your former position in the world.

Now I'm extra sure that you're not speaking in good faith and you're emotionally and ideologically driven instead of looking at reality as it exists. I really hope that the left eventually gets over this men = bad, women = good stupidity. It's not helping, and it's creating injustices that we'll just have to correct later. Nuance is possible, I hope you grow to understand that someday.