Why Today’s Women Prefer “Weak Men”

And why this is pissing off some dudes.

Desiree Peralta
Publishous
Published in
7 min readApr 23, 2024

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Photo by Ivana Cajina on Unsplash

I was in the supermarket doing my monthly refill when a man in his 50s approached me.

“I like your hair.”

It was a simple compliment, so I smiled and said thank you, then continued what I was doing like nothing happened. I wasn’t interested in a man twice my age and didn’t want to…

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Desiree Peralta
Publishous

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