The Male Ego:

Robin Hanson

@robinhanson

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"Even as Igor’s fortune grew, Alina told me, she kept pointing out her achievements & his lack of them. She had been educated abroad at prestigious universities; he had gone to St. Petersburg’s State University of Physical Education. She was sophisticated; he was a jock. 'Everyone was looking at him adoringly, and I was constantly haranguing him,' she said. 'At some point, he just got sick of it.' They divorced in 2009. 'It was my fault,' Alina concluded. If she could do it over again, she would change everything. 'You have to protect the male ego very carefully,' she explained. 'It’s delusional to think that a man needs some kind of exceptional woman. He needs a woman with whom he feels exceptional.'" Protect the male ego? Might be enough to just not attack it so relentlessly.