There are lots of well established FDS standards in this area but I'll include some that I think could always use highlighting, as well as some of my own standards.
Let's not and say we didn't:
misogynists, redpill/blackpill, MRA/MGTOW
mama's boys, selfish assholes, Persecuted White Men (tm)
men who shame high-maintainance women
neoliberal/sex pozzy male feminists
antifeminists, cheaters, friendzone believers
anti-abortion, anti-condom
porn addicts, PIED, Peyronie's, sex purchasers
narcissists, incels
age gap daters/age gap apologist
polyamorous/polygamist
BDSM, non-consensual fantasies, kink community
refers to women in a derogatory way (female/slut/ho/bitch/c**t, etc), even if angry is unacceptable
anyone who slutshames beautiful women for being beautiful in public because they see her as the private property of whomever she's dating or they think she's aggresively soliciting and is therefore a whore clearly
The last two categories are health reasons and personal reasons, which is like the grab bag where the rest of my NOs ended up haha.
Previous categories of Undateables:
Men who support prostitution and OF. Men who show any sign of viewing women as objects (using vulgar phrases like ass, tits, etc). Men who use the 0-10 scale to rate women and people. Also anti abortion and don't believe in the wage gap.
I just want to add:
Men who regularly criticise women who are assertive or in power e.g. men who regularly criticise their female boss or female politicans for flimsy sounding reasons.
Men who criticise women who aren't traditionally feminine e.g. women who are childfree or women who dress casually or in a tomboyish way.
Single Dads because they are the most incentivized to seek a Mommy McBangmaid.
Men who believe that men’s issues need more attention/recognition. Frequently cited causes: mental health, suicide, child custody, alimony, homelessness, etc.
Men who are generally, willfully ignorant of the female perspective.
Men who aren’t protective. I’m looking for a man who can see when I might feel unsafe, threatened, etc. and will act accordingly.
Men who coincidentally always criticize women ten times more harshly than men & men who are generally distrustful of women. Common phrases: “I don’t know what it is about her”/“I just don’t trust her.”/“I just get a feeling”/etc.
Men with shit relationships with their moms are a huge red flag.
Men who believe that: full equality between the sexes has been achieved, single mothers are villains/single dads are hero’s, marriage is bad for men, men are equally or more oppressed than women, etc.
Man, I could go on & on. 😂
- Men who watch a lot of sport but turn the telly off when the women’s sports come on. If he’s watching Wimbledon, he’d better be appreciating the women’s games too, damn it.
- Men who have dated exclusively or mostly Asian women, and men who have friends who do this and think it’s fine. I’ve known too many of these scrotes and I can’t not interpret it as both sexist and racist, a vile combo.
- Men who express anything remotely victim-blaming when there is news of a rape of a woman.
- Men who ignore old women but talk to young women, in any context.
"But men can be abused by their female partners too!"
men who believe gender equality has been achieved and think men and women should be treated equally --> always 50/50
men who eye other women up and down, no matter who they're with or not with
men who patronize strip clubs for any reason (including best friend's bachelor party)
men who suggest or insist on going to restaurants that feature belly dancers
men who are more concerned about gay serial killers who target other men than they are about serial killers who target women
men who are workaholics—they dedicate 120% of their energy to their careers and have 0% left over for a relationship, which means they expect their partners to do all the relationship labor
You pretty much have the important things covered. I will add some less obvious ones.
• Men who can’t get over their ex breaking up with them and complain about it within the first few dates . (You can tell he doesn’t care about or miss her — he’s just bitter that she no longer wanted to be with him.)
• Men who complain about Super Bowl ads that make men look silly. 😢
• Men who disclose very early in the relationship (often the first date/conversation), that they have negative feelings about their mother. Although I do think momma’s boys are even worse.
• Anyone who gives me the slightest suspicion that I'm being put through a "gold digger test."
Men who belive love requires sacrifices. Well it doesn't because love means being in absence of negativity and control, expecting your partner to make sacrifices is both negativity and control.
loving these categories and the easy-to-access links. this whole forum is a priceless library of knowledge.
Honestly? Promiscuous men/men with a high "body count."
I haven't quite figured out why, but I have never met a promiscuous guy who didn't have an unhealthy attitude towards sex or a dehumanizing view of women.
'Religious' men who expect women to follow his religious expectations of a good woman, but fall short of his religions expectations of what makes a good man.
One of my biggest red flags is military men and men in policing (and I say this as someone with LEOs in my family). These jobs often attract bullies, conservative/authoritarian men, and unstable men who think having stability imposed on them will fix them. This is my experience, anyway. Also, the rate of DV among LEOs is high.