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The Partnership Scam: The Next Stage of Manipulation is Coming

How Men Will Pretend to Accept Equality to Keep Women Serving

Lynn N.
6 min readMay 13, 2025

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I predict the men will evolve the wrong way.

Ladies, beware, it’s coming…

You can already hear it in the dating apps, the relationship podcasts, the Instagram captions.

Men will learn a new phrase in the dating evolution.

“I want a partner.”

And they will say it enthusiastically.

Some have already started saying it.

Sounds good, right? Almost revolutionary. A man ready to build with you.

But pause and pause loudly.
Because here’s the hidden message: he still doesn’t mean partner in the way you mean partner.
He means partner in the way a company calls you a “team member” right before they assign you triple the work for the same pay.

I mean, we are all family here…

What he wants isn’t a partnership, but he will still call it that.
His objective is still the same no matter the…

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Explores toxic relationships, narcissistic abuse, family dynamics, and cultural systems like the patriarchy. Through deep, authentic insights, we offer understanding, healing, and reflection.

Lynn N.
Lynn N.

Written by Lynn N.

Bravely challenges cultural taboos, offering authentic insight and deep introspective healing. Podcast Host for narcissistic abuse survivors.

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