The Modern Dating Dilemma: Are Men Really the Issue?

Trey Hamilton
11 min readApr 15, 2023

You hear this a lot if you’re a part of the modern dating community “Men are the problem with dating. They always have been, and they always will be. It’s as simple as that”.

Did that work? Are you hooked yet? Cause this is what most self-proclaimed “dating experts” will put in their unabashed clickbait titles to get some attention and clout.

It’s the weirdest thing for me cause when I see an article bashing men or women, I immediately think, Anyone who blames one particular gender for all their dating woes is their own worst enemy, and they don’t even know it, surely other people are not foolish enough to believe this.”

They do believe it, though, and they all jump into the comments to validate someone's myopic drivel.

***sigh***

Hating the opposite sex is an incredibly dangerous mental place to be in that consistently digs a hole most people don’t even know they’re living in, and I grow frustrated with writers using clickbait titles just for “reads.”

Hate, whether passive or direct, for any gender, is never to be taken lightly; it affects not only yourself but it’s a slow-burning tainting of how you perceive the world and every interaction. I’m very staunch on this. I’ve been witness to how it destroys the inner psychological…

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Trey Hamilton

Author - The First Date Fix - Dating Coach - Content Creator -Dog Dad | follow me for some ramblings of a millennial who has dated. A LOT! TheFirstDateFix.Com