😸 What's interesting is that they rely on the woman/women in their lives to help them with that, but to the rest of the world, they are "tough" and "self-reliant." It's one of the weird dichotomies of a patriarchal system.

https://medium.com/inside-of-elle-beau/patriarchy-teaches-men-to-be-tyrannical-children-6d0b22fcc656

Before someone goes off on a tirade, let me explain. I’m not asserting that all men are tyrannical children. I’m simply saying that the men who staunchly uphold patriarchal norms often do so because they have been indoctrinated into a belief that power, obedience, and deference are owed them by women and others who are below them in the dominance hierarchy. At the same time, they demand to be taken care of, soothed, pleased, and otherwise catered to in the manner of spoiled children. It’s a poisonous combination that many women are completely and entirely fed up with, although some women continue to enable, both intentionally as well as subconsciously.