Of course, I didn't say ALL or intend to imply since I said stuff like a bunch. But I particularly come from a culture with high domestic abuse rates. My parents are still together, but when my dad tried to give me shit for not being married I told him if he wanted me to get married maybe he should have been a better husband. We have a good relationship, but he was, and still is but to a lesser extent, a shit husband. There was a recent study in South West Europe about how much house work men do, and how many are away they don't do enough, portuguese men really had the audacity to say they did less than 20% with many saying they do nothing, the audacity bring that 80% knew they weren't doing enough. Like they can't even claim ignorance due to us still having a very prevalent traditional culture. So for me, if a man doesn't bring what I want to the table, a long term relationship just doesn't appeal to me.Some of the things you mention I agree with.
Entitlement most definitely.
Your experience of men treating their wives poorly is one perspective and another perspective is that men loved their wives and family. Each is true.
I agree with you that a partner needs to bring what you want and vice versa both male and female. There is also what good a partner brings, and the bad. Problem is the bad seems to outweigh the good. Men want different things than women in a partner. Different priorities. It's a balance of the good and the bad. Sadly I don't see a good balance anymore.
I find the use of deserve a funny thing. The fact that people think they deserve anything seems a rather entitled attitude. We don't deserve shit. Despite a man or woman doing work does in no way ensure a quality partner. Improves chance of meeting person sure. Quality that's debatable.
That's great that you have a partner and your relationship works. It's dwindling phenomena.
Equilibrium will come, it has to if enough people are unhappy with being single, one group or the other, will make concessions. But given that 8/10 victims of intimate partner violence are women, I really don't think it's us who needs to change all that much. But time will tell which group decides their stance was worth changing to not be single.
But I agree no one deserves a partner and you can so everything right and just not have the luck of finding your person. But I definitely feel more for those people than the incels.