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Women's white-knighting is a form of codependence called "broken-wing syndrome" coupled with making excuses for lousy behavior.
Then there are the women--and there are a few on here from time to time--who are so desperate for attention that they will flirt and give huzzahs to any and every man on here regardless of what a choad he is to other people here, male or female.
Many women do put their guy on a pedestal. They exaggerate (in their own minds) the importance of his profession as a way of enhancing their own status, make excuses for his inappropriate or violent behavior or their mistakes, cook elaborate meals for them (equivalent of showering them with gifts), etc. Women's White Knighting just looks a little different than mens', that's all.
In the context of a relationship, I would agree. But in dating, Ive never witnessed white knighting from women.
Women's white-knighting is a form of codependence called "broken-wing syndrome" coupled with making excuses for lousy behavior.
Then there are the women--and there are a few on here from time to time--who are so desperate for attention that they will flirt and give huzzahs to any and every man on here regardless of what a choad he is to other people here, male or female.
I'm not referring to savior white knighting (plenty of women do that), but mostly the pathetic WK who puts the other sex on a pedestal, makes excuses for them all the time, endlessly complimenting the other sex, buying a lot of gifts in hopes of making them like you, etc.
That's not the definition of the "White Knight" meme. "White Knight" meme must necessarily include the connotation of being the woman's rescuer or savior. And there are certainly women who do as you descibe.
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In the context of a relationship, I would agree. But in dating, Ive never witnessed white knighting from women.
In dating, women have a couple of different memes to follow--all stemming from Disney princesses--which they do about as often as men follow the White Knight meme.
I've always wondered why women don't ever white knight men. I can't ever recall an instance where a woman tried to White Knight a man she liked. But, I've seen plenty of pathetic white knight behavior from men. I can't come up with a reason for this other than women don't get as desperate as men do.
The term "white knight" needs to be retired.
White knight is just a term bitter, angry men who hate women throw around to try to shame men who are decent to women and can empathize with their point of view. Show me a man who goes around calling other men "white knights," and I'll show you a sexually frustrated guy who is jealous of guys who are more successful with women.
It's not that uncommon. Heck, haven't we heard tons of guys HERE complaining about girls being with losers and bad guys instead of them?
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White knight is just a term bitter, angry men who hate women throw around to try to shame men who are decent to women and can empathize with their point of view. Show me a man who goes around calling other men "white knights," and I'll show you a sexually frustrated guy who is jealous of guys who are more successful with women.
Most of the guys who get slapped with the White Knight label in this forum are married or in LTRs, and the guys labelling them as such are very obvious in their own lack of success. It's pure jealousy, is all.
Edited to add, not in the sense of the saver/rescuer/fixer type person, but any guy who seems to show sympathy or understanding to women gets slapped with that label here.
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