r/AreTheStraightsOkay • u/MagicOfWriting • 3d ago
CW: (Editable) Is it my autistic brain or are "normal" portrayals of straight couples kinda abusive?
Like most straight couples constantly say how as a man you have no more rights and you can only do what she says. If you have different opinions you have to do what she says. "Jokes" about how if a man doesn't like something she should throw it at him. Stuff like this.
Why would I want that? Ever! That sounds abusive so why us it treated as normal?Having different desires and maybe setting up one or two non negotiables is fine, example for me, owning a cat is not negotiable. I'm having a cat.
Why is this normalised though. When my friend says something like, "I don't want a wedding, she wants a wedding, so we're probably gonna have a wedding," like why make women sound like control freaks if you're in a happy relationship?