I've been thinking about this a lot as an invisible woman, first through being very overweight, and now from having lost 200 lbs but now being older. Overall, I have to say, yes I did harm to myself phyiscally, and I'm trying hard to undo that, but MY GOD the freedom I've gained!
Having some perspective now, I wonder if men know, consciously or not, that they have a very limited window with which to interact with women, and that window is shrinking, thanks to the internet, and so many women sharing their stories. There are so many more feminist websites, books available, AITA, and more. Women worldwide are, I hope, leveling up, and just not putting up with anything. We're voting with our feet and just walking, and living lives of peace, quiet, freedom, and independence, and it rocks SO hard.
By "limited window" I mean a limited time in which to try to use and exploit women; young women are particularly vulnerable to this. Most men are low-value, so they think they're entitled to women's time, money, resources, labor, attention, and on and on. And what ends up happening, sooner or later? Women spot the sunk cost fallacy (phallusy), vote with their feet, and leave. They either try to level up by finding a HVM or live a peaceful life alone. And unlike MGTOWs, women actually do go their own way, and just don't bother with men.
Even though I had a very happy second marriage, and learned a lot from a first "starter marriage", I'm older, and I'm at that point now. Either a man adds value to my life, or no thanks. He has to be kind, upstanding, moral, ethical, consistent, stable, giving, funny, intelligent. We have to have a lot in common, or else no thanks, I'm good.
I think the more young women wake up, raise their standards, never lower their standards, learn from FDS and other feminist works, and accept only what works for them to their benefit, the better off the world will be. Otherwise, what's going to happen? We're going to stay single, live our lives the exact way we want to, enjoy our time and freedom, have good women friends, maybe some pets and hobbies and interests, and live a very cool life.
Men need to level up or get left behind.
They know. That's why they're trying to enslave us again.