No, men are not scared of successful, intelligent, and independent women.

Different day, same tired argument.

This argument and debate are so bloody tiring to me.

“Well, obviously, you can’t handle an intelligent, independent woman like me.”

No, Karen, it’s because you’re completely insufferable to be around.

Have you ever heard these terms too?

• “ it looks like you’re struggling to keep up with a boss lady like me.”
• “Gosh, are you having a rough time figuring out how to handle a one-woman powerhouse?”
• “Yikes, you seem a bit rattled by a woman who’s got her own and can think for herself, don’t you?”
• “Oops, are my smarts and self-sufficiency making you break a sweat?”

Cringe.

Every day I read medium posts, I hope deep inside me that someone will have a nuanced and objective opinion. Yet again, I am disappointed by someone who genuinely believes and writes the same codswallop that somebody else wrote with a different spin.

Reading Medium posts for me is like going to the farmer’s market in search of that perfect, unique, homegrown tomato, only to be met time and again with rows of the same mass-produced, plastic-wrapped…