Insecurity. They like to shut down confident people.

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ok so there’s a couple of reasons, all not fun: they’re scared to be vulnerable/insecure, they want you to want their approval as some sort of manipulation tactic, mixed signals = emotionally immature, power dynamics within themselves and being a man! bc who’s not proud to be a man (😟

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"negging" has been a pickup artist thing for a while and manosphere types still spread that idea

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Good questionnnnn

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