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leverage isn't love. it's a prison | musing no. 39

when a man needs control to feel loved, he’s already lost both.

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Oct 07, 2025
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most men don’t love women.

they love control dressed up as devotion.

they call it “providing.”

but what they’re really building is leverage.

leverage that looks like protection,

feels like suppo…

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