I might have grown up somewhat sheltered, but as a cis-het-man, I had no idea so many men was thinking this way, and not feeling ashamed in the slightest of it. It wasn't until I started actively trying to learn about feminism and following feminist content-creators, that I learned about that part of male privilege, the privilege of having someone else constantly lowering the bar for you, so that even the most mundane things seem extraordinairy by comparison.
I might have grown up somewhat sheltered, but as a cis-het-man, I had no idea so many men was thinking this way, and not feeling ashamed in the slightest of it. It wasn't until I started actively trying to learn about feminism and following feminist content-creators, that I learned about that part of male privilege, the privilege of having someone else constantly lowering the bar for you, so that even the most mundane things seem extraordinairy by comparison.
I've heard a lot of girls unironically go "I didn't get murdered on the date. Doing good so far! 🙃"