"Feminists Are Not Mistreating Men"

Article here. Excerpt:

'But, gentlemen, we all need to realize something. Women didn't create the unfairness; we did. We did it when we threatened them with violence. We did it when we refused to take no for an answer. We did it every time we tried to make them feel safe by being kind and friendly only to then become hostile if they didn't reciprocate our interest. We convinced them that kindness and friendliness are just a facade we use to get what we want. Is there any reason they should trust us?

I'd like you to take a moment and contemplate the horror of that. Imagine that just about every time someone showed you kindness, you later found out that they had an ulterior motive. Worse yet, kindness turned to cruelty and aggression once their true motivations became clear. You've come to associate kindness with pain, with betrayal. How do you ever trust again after that? The very thing that is supposed to cement a bond between two human beings is itself viewed with suspicion. That is what we did to women. That's why they don't trust us.

“But, Rich, if that's true, how do we regain their trust?”

We don't.

You can't regain trust through a series of gestures; you have to try to be the kind of person who is trustworthy, and hope for the best.'