Men Are Evil!

I was born into this gender, without a choice, of course.

And for the longest time, we’ve been running and ruling this chaotic world that, frankly, has very little to show for it.

When I was younger, I didn’t fully understand it. I thought being a man meant strength, responsibility, leadership, all those big words society likes to throw around. But as I grew older, as I started seeing more and listening more, I became… uncomfortable. No, disgusted.

Because somewhere along the line, we stopped being men and started acting like gods, self-made, untouchable, unquestionable. And this world, the one we supposedly “lead,” is cracking under the weight of our ego.

We were told men are the protectors, the providers, the ones who know best. We were told to be strong, to never cry, to dominate, to “control.”

And what did we do with that power?

We weaponized it.

We built a system that excuses cruelty. We created a culture that normalizes silence. We turned pain into a badge of pride and empathy into weakness.

You don’t need to scroll far on social media or listen long at a bar to hear it, men talking over women, mocking their pain, laughing about things that should break our hearts.

It wasn’t always this bad. But somehow, with every generation, the lies deepened, the entitlement hardened, and the empathy disappeared.

“Men Are Evil” and maybe It’s time we said It out loud

Let’s stop pretending. Let’s stop dressing it up with “Not all men” or “But women too.”

Because when a woman says she’s scared, she’s not scared of “all men.” She’s scared because one man made fear feel permanent, and the rest of us said nothing.

When a girl says she doesn’t trust men, it’s not drama. It’s data. It’s pattern. It’s survival instinct.

And every time we try to deflect that truth, we become part of the problem.

We don’t need to say “women are enablers.” We don’t need to shift blame, justify pain, or soften the truth with “balance.” Sometimes, the right thing to do is just to tell ourselves the truth and that is Men Are Evil.

Men have done harm, men are still doing harm, and it’s not on women to fix that.

This isn’t about gender wars. It’s about humanity, the kind we’ve forgotten how to practice.

Being human should mean empathy.

It should mean respect, not fear.

It should mean accountability, not excuses.

If you want to talk about equality, start by being decent. Start by teaching boys how to handle rejection without violence. Start by telling your friends to stop saying “she was asking for it.” Start by speaking up when the jokes go too far.

It’s not about being a “good man.” It’s about being human enough to care.

Because I keep thinking, what if that woman, that girl, that child you harmed or mocked or ignored was your sister? Your cousin? Your neighbor? Would your silence still feel justified then?

At this point, it doesn’t even matter who she is. She’s human. That should be enough.

This post isn’t to inspire men to “do better.”

It’s not a call to reform or rebrand. It’s simply truth.

We built this world, this dangerous, patriarchal, exhausting world with our own hands. We taught it to hate softness, to shame vulnerability, to reward dominance. And now, we live in the ruins.

So when you try to justify a crime, or excuse an assault, or silence a woman, remember this:

It was our fault, not hers, not theirs.

Ours.

And until we admit that fully, loudly, without “but”, we’ll keep repeating the same sins, dressing them in tradition, and calling them “manhood.”

Men, we need to talk.

And maybe for once, not to defend ourselves but to listen, to unlearn, and to face what we’ve become.

Because the first step to redemption is honesty.

And the truth is, we broke the world.

#JusticeForOchanya

Bright Ike