20/03/2026
I suggest, early on in getting to know someone, mention an event that happened either in the news, to someone you know, or to yourself that if you mentioned it to any "reasonable person" would illicit an empathetic response. Then sit back and observe them. Do they care? Do they show curiosity? Or do they just change the subject to something they want, like try to fast track meeting you for that coffee date they keep pressing you about, when you haven't finished vetting them to work out if you want to spend 30+ minutes with them face to face and feel safe about it.
You can also mention Louis Theroux's latest documentary "Inside the Manosphere," and ask him his view and thoughts on it. His response will be highly enlightening. Does he dodge it, does he volunteer that feminism has gone too far, does he think women should be submissive. Ask him about and while you're there, if you feel like really seeing him. It all provides insight into how he will treat you. Observe it all.
If a guy shows you that he lacks capacity for empathy, lacks capacity for healthy, enjoyable, intelligent conversational exchange, doesn't see you or women as worthy of equality... If he lacks curiosity about what you just said, and redirects the conversation straight back to his own agenda, his own interests, as if you said nothing at all, blocking him isn't ghosting. It's the consequences of his own attitude and actions.
You aren't at fault for not giving him "a chance." He isn't owed acceess, a chance, or a participation trophy.
You haven't ghosted by ending contact when he has already ghosted your humanity. He has already ghosted your concerns. He showed you he doesn't care about your thoughts, experiences, his impact on you, nor any care about you as a human being. So nope, it's not ghosting, it's his self fulfilling prophecy.
If he doesn't like it, the last thing he should do is pick up a microphone and start an angry podcast blaming women about his lack of access to them because of his own short comings, nor listening to other men who already have done the same.
Finito
Lots of love
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Jacquelene