Female Supremacy Articles - Page 19

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Acting nice and caring was once just a ruse, used by ugly guys to get laid. But somehow this lame, wholly contrived persona has become a template for British masculinity. In response to feminism and the rise of the alpha female — the ambitious, independent and successful woman — British men have become weak, gelatinous omega males, unwilling to even admit, let alone express, their manliness in case they are made to sleep on the couch for daring to have a backbone. In her determined climb up the ladder, the alpha female has no time for men with minds of their own: husbands and boyfriends are merely support staff, assisting her career by providing constant reassurance and an emollient, stress-free domestic life.

I married an alpha female. Significantly older than me, she’s a highly successful writer and former magazine editor. When we met, she thought I was just a gauche, malleable pup she could fit into her media-diva lifestyle. At the beginning of our relationship, I tried to play along: I listened to her whine about work pressures and became her emotional toilet. Finally, I just got real and told her either to dump her job, or me. She earned a six-figure salary and she ought to be grateful; plenty of people have tough jobs, but don’t have Prada knickers or fancy furniture to show for it. She should try raising four kids on a pittance, I told her, like my mum. Then she could bitch all she liked.