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Erin Riley

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Comms professional, writer, student, partner, parent. Thinking about what it means to involve the public in decision-making.

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Erin Riley

@erinrileyau.bsky.social

Me: innocently googles to try to find out when The NY Times notable books list comes out for the year.

Google: would you like some misogyny with that?

A screenshot showing google search results for “NY Times best books 2024”, with the first sponsored link a book called “Why Women Deserve Less”.

Text from the Amazon page for the book “Why Women Deserve Less”, which reads Every man alive today faces a paradox.

Your hardwired, biological programming is screaming at you to get girls, get laid, and inevitably start a family.

However, today's women could not be less interested in today's men.

In times past, this was not the case. Men and women needed each other, and as a consequence would team up to form families. Families that would not only provide love, purpose, and meaning in life, but would be the foundation that all of society and civlization was built upon. But the perfect political and economic storm has formed that has liberated women from men, making it so women no longer need men to survive. And what every man alive today in the first world is witnessing is how truly little interest women have in men.

Do you ever wonder why a girl stood you up? Or why your mom divorced your dad? What about when your girlfriend suddenly broke up with you or started throwing a tantrum? Or perhaps your wife left you and took your kids? Why, in general, does it feel like pulling teeth to get girls to do anything? These things aren't "bad luck" or anything specific to you. This is women's genuine and baseline interest in men. They just don't like the average guy that much.

But hard as it is to accept this reality, you must, because if you don't you will do nothing short of destroy your life. Because whereas in the past a man's sex drive is what drove him to become the best man he could be - providing for his family, protecting them, and ultimately building civilization - today it is your biggest weakness. Because while women no longer need you today, they're not stupid enough to turn down any free help you're willing to give them. And many know if they dangle the prospect of sex in front of you, you will provide them money, attention, and resources, essentially making you their part-time slave.

November 19, 2024 at 2:06 AM

Erin Riley

@erinrileyau.bsky.social

Remember teeny tiny Abby? She’s eight.

A woman and a girl smiling looking directly at the camera

November 17, 2024 at 8:41 AM

Erin Riley

@erinrileyau.bsky.social

We’re cleaning up Mum’s house today- getting rid of some of Dad’s stuff. Does anyone have any idea what this Infinity By Harman surround sound system would go for? It’s probably a decade old.