Why don't women ever White Knight men? (boyfriends, husbands, older)
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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.
By white knighting, do you mean rescue them from a bad situation caused by their own devices? Because usually -- but not always -- there is a lot of cash involved, and most women aren't independently wealthy.
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.
It happens all the time. You just don't recognize it as such because you believe it to be her true feelings, just like women believe white knights are expressing their true feelings.
I don't really get this. Plenty of women stick up for men they like. I see plenty of posts here from women who compliment their male friends/boyfriends/husbands, etc.
But I get it, let's bash! Everyone's a terrible person!
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I have no idea what "white knight" really means, from the times I've seen it used here (the only place I've seen it used) it is used to define a male that is either not being a judgmental misogynistic total azzhole or calling out the scumbag men that are.
If you're talking about standing up for people in discussions (?), then of course I've seen both men and women stand up for other women and men that are friends/acquaintances a great deal in the past. Not so much now as I don't spend time with too many people that routinely talk badly about other people. Most people as they get older, get better at the adopting of the "say nothing" as opposed to saying something negative, way of life.
I think it would depend on your definition of white knight--there seem to be so many.
If you are talking about a man taking on a woman in distress and trying to "save her," I would think the equivalent be a woman taking in a man who is a mess... on drugs, criminal, whatever on the hopes of "changing him."
On urban dictionay, the first defintion of a white knight is, "A person (usually a male) who sees the typical maiden in distress, and believes that he can help her. A male version of the "mother figure" that some girls become." So in that definition, the "white knight" is the same as the female "mother figure" role.
If you are talking about the way white knight is tossed around on this board to mean any man who sticks up for a woman's point of view, well, then I am a female white knight because I stick up for the point of view I agree with--and that's sometimes a male point of view.
Because women aren't protectors. Where's the incentive for a woman to stick up for a man that she isn't emotionally invested in?
The so-called "white knights" on here are better referred to as butt kissers.
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