James Sexton
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Very few of them have ever been a woman just cashing the chips out at the casino, whereas I've had a large number where the guy just leaves and the woman ends up having to be the plaintiff.
And adding indignity to that is that very often that man will say later on, well, you're the one who filed for divorce.
You know, you're the plaintiff.
Your mom filed for divorce.
So it's misleading.
But I do think the idea of like divorce energy, I think we're in a, you know, unfortunately we're in a misandrist moment, I think.
And it's become very acceptable for women to engage in behavior in relation to marriage that if it occurred with men would be viewed very differently.
I've always said that in the context even of like, you know, the song, maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.
You know, where she breaks his car with a baseball bat and all these things.
If that was a song by a man about maybe next time she'll think before she cheats, it would be a hate crime.
Like, it's multiple felonies being described in that song.
And, you know, if a man cheats on a woman, even if she hasn't had sex with him in years...
It's, well, he couldn't keep it in his pants and he's a Lothario.
If a woman cheats on her husband, even if it's with like the hot personal trainer or tennis instructor, it's, you know, he wasn't keeping her happy, her husband.
She needed to figure out who she was.
So if he cheats, it's his fault.
If she cheats, it's his fault.
And there's a lot of that energy out there on the internet and a lot of that content.
And I think the algorithm continues to drive that.
And, you know, I know that you understand better than most in the context of your writing and thinking that, you know, this boys versus girls world that we've created and that the algorithm rhythm pushes because...