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"My Standards Are Higher As a Single Mother," Woman Says Men Should Do More For Her and Her Son

Melbourne singleton Maddy Carty has doubled down on her controversial take that men should have to pay a first date deposit to put a stop to last minute cancellations on dating apps. 'If someone cancels a date within 24 hours, you should be able to charge a cancellation fee,' the 30-year-old said in a recent episode of her Mads World podcast. However, the proposal to pre-charge men $100 for a promised date resulted in swift backlash, with dozens of irate gents slamming the TikToker for her take on modern dating.

Over the course of my lifetime I have watched the role of men taken away. The role of the male as provider, defender, and disciplinarian is no more. It was destroyed by feminists. To clarify “feminist”: In the past when I have criticized feminists older women who had careers asked why I thought women shouldn’t have careers. Their idea is that a feminist is a woman who has a career. But women have always had careers as mothers, homemakers, grandmothers, school teachers, nurses, secretaries, writers, artists, musicians, scientists, and even spies such as Eve Gordon who made during World War...

Former stripper and current murder convict Crystal Mangum confessed to lying about being raped by Duke Lacrosse players in an interview on the independent media outlet “Let’s Talk With Kat” on Thursday. “I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn’t and that was wrong, and I betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me,” Mangum said. “[I] made up a story that wasn’t true because I wanted validation from people and not from God.” Mangum, who is serving a prison sentence for murdering her boyfriend, falsely accused three Duke...

In recent years, the dynamics of dating have shifted dramatically, leaving many to wonder about the reasons men don’t want to date. Recent findings from the Pew Research Center indicate that 63% of men under 30 in the U.S. are opting to stay single, a notable increase from 51% in 2019, citing various personal and societal reasons. This statistic reflects a growing trend of male dating reluctance, prompting a deeper understanding into the thread of modern relationships.

Joe Rogan. Elon Musk. Representatives of bro culture are on the ascent, bringing with them an army of disaffected young men. But where did they come from? Many argue that a generation of men are resentful because they have fallen behind women in work and school. I believe this shift would not have been so destabilizing were it not for the fact that our society still has one glass-slippered foot in the world of Cinderella.Hundreds of years after the Brothers Grimm published their version of that classic rags-to-riches story, our cultural narratives still reflect the idea that a woman’s status...

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., believes the Democratic Party has turned off male voters by being “insulting.” In a new interview with The New York Times, the lawmaker stated that liberals turned off male voters, who supported President-elect Donald Trump in droves. “Telling them that ‘I know better than you do,’ that’s not helpful,” Fetterman said, characterizing what he saw as the party’s approach to courting men. Trump secured a strong majority of the male vote in the 2024 election cycle, making notable strides with Blacks, Latinos and younger male voters in particular.

In the days after the presidential election, Sadie Perez began carrying pepper spray with her around campus. Her mom also ordered her and her sister a self-defense kit that included keychain spikes, a hidden knife key and a personal alarm. It’s a response to an emboldened fringe of right-wing “manosphere” influencers who have seized on Republican Donald Trump ’s presidential win to justify and amplify misogynistic derision and threats online. Many have appropriated a 1960s abortion rights rallying cry, declaring “Your body, my choice” at women online and on college campuses. For many women, the words represent a worrying harbinger...

A Washington woman is accused of bludgeoning her father to death with an ice axe — then was caught clapping about the murder because she was just so “happy” about it. Corey Burke allegedly stabbed Timothy Burke so badly, he had wounds deep enough to penetrate his lungs. The fatal crime allegedly unraveled all because former president Donald Trump won the most recent election. Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie has the horrifying story out of Seattle.

Whether in high school, college or the workplace, they see this anti-male attitude as coming from the Democrats, with diversity, equity and inclusion meaning a diversity and inclusion that is not diverse enough to include them, especially if they are White. (Snip) Democrats take the blame, though, because on top of these discriminations against men, Democrats, via DEI, HR, “Believe Women,” “#MeToo,” “toxic masculinity,” “the patriarchy,” “male privilege,” “male power” and taking pride in “the future is female,” create safe spaces and trigger warnings for women but not for men.Democrats appear to be the ones blaming them for all the...

Thanks a bunch, America. You’ve left no room for doubt that, yet again, your presidential preference is for anybody but a woman. Yup, even if the man is a galumphing sexual predator who boasts about assaulting women and has vowed to “protect” women “whether the women like it or not”. Yup, even if the woman is cleverer, younger, more energetic, more articulate and comfortable enough in her own skin not to plaster it with orange tan. The manosphere rules, OK. Nothing changes. Not really. Not ever. In the post-Roe v Wade age of JD Vance’s “cat ladies”, as it became...

Susan Guthrie first noticed attacks on no-fault divorce gaining traction among conservative commentators in spring of 2023, recalling when right-wing YouTuber Steven Crowder “went into a rage” over the Texas no-fault divorce law that allowed his wife to leave him against his wishes. Since then, Guthrie, a family law and mediation attorney who hosts the popular “Divorce and Beyond” podcast, has heard growing attacks on no-fault divorce from conservatives. She focused on the issue in her Monday episode — just before the simmering fears among some women exploded into view on Election Day. In the hours after former president Donald...

Some leftist women are inexplicably shaving their heads in protest of President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive victory. These distraught women, sharing their hysterical videos to social media, claim to be shaving their heads in protest the “patriarchy,” despite the fact that millions of American women voted for Trump. In one video, a woman in a purple shirt states that she is “giving up on America,” making the statement while shaving the side of her head. She concludes during her rant that basic beauty standards should be completely forgotten, because that is what the “patriarchy” wants.

Once, feminism was about being strong and invincible; now, though, it’s about being a screaming, crying, vindictive, emotional mess. We’ve been watching leftist women decompensate for eight years now. After all, there’s the endlessly lovely meme of the screaming woman in green on the day of Trump’s inauguration, along with all the ridiculous women parading around in pink “pussy” hats. The George Floyd riots gave us a whole new gallery of crazed women as they raged at black police officers, decrying those men’s racism. But we’ve never before had a parade of crazy like the one that’s swept social media...

“The persecution those witches felt hundreds of years ago feels very familiar to me.”Salem’s witches will honor Stormy Daniels on Halloween during their annual “magic circle” ceremony, according to The Boston Globe. Daniels, the adult film actress who alleges she had an affair with former President Donald Trump, has been a practicing witch since she was kid, she told the newspaper. “I can’t find the words to explain emotionally how big this is to me,” Daniels told the Globe. Daniels will be honored at 5 p.m. Thursday on Salem Common with the first annual Salem Witches’ Woman of Power award....

Leave it to the folks in Las Vegas to add some entertainment to the entire election day process. They show up for all the big events with promises of a good time and free lap dances for those who qualify. What better way to sit back and relax after performing your civic duty than by watching the electoral map drama unfold at a strip club? I can't think of any. Those who voted get a free lap dance after all.

In March, the 27-year-old actress hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time, wearing low-cut outfits during the start and close of the show, which featured a number of jokes about her physical appearance, including a sketch where she played a Hooters waitress. SNL cast member Bowen Yang revealed in a recent episode of the Fly on the Wall podcast that the Euphoria star "was practically begging everybody" to make body-related jokes. "She came in and was like, 'Please, everyone, make jokes about my boobs,'" he said. At the time, Sweeney's appearance sparked much discourse and was lauded by a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While notable on its own, the slight leftward shift over the long term in Americans’ political ideology that Gallup has previously documented is even more significant when reviewing the trend among different age and gender groups. Increased liberalism since the 1990s has occurred much more strongly among women of certain age groups, while men’s views have been steadier.

The number of liberal young women has skyrocketed over the past two decades and their views on key issues have swayed further to the left, according to an analysis of more than 20 years of polling data. An average of 40% of women 18 to 29 years old identified themselves as liberal over the past seven years — up from 32% in the prior eight years (the President Obama era) and 28% in the eight years before that (the President Bush era), according to a Gallup study. The demographic has always had the largest number of liberals throughout the analysis,...

‘In many ways, my life is what I always dreamed it would be, except for one glaring difference: I am not a mother. I wish I was.’A math Ph.D. in The Wall Street Journal agonizingly sketched out every high-IQ woman’s life dilemma last weekend: Do you sacrifice motherhood to chase a world-class career? She did, and it broke her heart.“In many ways, my life is what I always dreamed it would be, except for one glaring difference: I am not a mother. I wish I was. My childlessness is something I grieve every day,” Eugenia Cheng writes.Cheng presents herself as...