I Read an Article Here Saying Women Don’t Need Men in 2026.

Medium | 03.02.2026 05:26

I Read an Article Here Saying Women Don’t Need Men in 2026.

Are we seriously still doing this?

Lilly Wisdom

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It feels incredibly hypocritical to sit down and type “I don’t need men” on a laptop that was likely engineered by men, using an internet infrastructure built by men, while sitting in a building constructed by men and publish your words on a site owned and managed by a man.

I was scrolling through Medium the other day when I stopped at a headline that made me frown.

The author wrote boldly about the state of the world in 2026. Her main point was simple: Women do not need men anymore. (You can search for the article, it’s gone viral).

The whole article had a heavy tone of bitterness. It felt like she was venting about every man who had ever wronged her. She outlined how modern women can make their own money, buy their own houses, and travel the world without ever needing a husband by their side.

But the problem is that she wasn’t just saying we are independent; she was implying that men are useless.

I read it, and I felt conflicted. Because on one hand, I get it. But on the other…