The Devil Wears Pants As well

David was a highly educated Gen Z immigrant from the United Kingdom who had settled in America. He was intelligent, articulate, and chronically online, but beneath that surface lay a deeply hostile view of women and family life. He did not want to be a father because he genuinely believed that caring for children diminished a man's masculinity. He expected women to serve his needs, and he wanted a wife who could somehow be both the primary earner and a traditional homemaker at the same time. Respect, empathy, and partnership meant little to him.

Diana had once been a cheerful, outgoing young woman. She was the daughter of Joe, a Black man, and a Pakistani mother whose own upbringing had been harsh and deeply damaging. Throughout Diana's childhood, her mother often treated her with criticism rather than encouragement. The vibrant, bubbly girl she had once been slowly disappeared beneath years of judgment and pressure.

David entered Diana's life through manipulation and coercion. He lied to her, isolated her, and took advantage of her while she was intoxicated. When Diana became pregnant, her family was torn apart.

Joe was horrified and did not want his daughter marrying the man who had violated her. Diana's mother, fearing public shame and social judgment, pushed for a marriage and wanted Diana to have an abortion which Diana did not want leading to her mother trying to force the marriage to hide the baby being conceived out of wedlock. Diana wanted neither her life nor her choices dictated by others.

The conflict became so severe that Joe attempted to stop the wedding with the help of police. Diana's mother intervened and misled authorities, creating further chaos. The situation destroyed Joe's marriage. Desperate to protect his daughter and future grandchild, he explored every possible legal avenue, attempting to get custody of Diana, but Diana was an adult and legally responsible for her own decisions, so he wanted custody of her kids.

When she married David anyway, Joe felt as though he had failed her.

For six days, he locked himself inside a hotel room and sank into despair. He nearly ended his own life before one thought stopped him:

"Who's gonna save her if I'm dead?"

So he stayed alive.

Still in college, David had surrounded himself with men who viewed women as conquests rather than people. During one conversation, David told Joe:

"as guys, it's our job to turn her 'no' into a 'yes', whatever it takes"

Around him, other men spoke openly about manipulative behavior.

One man said:

"You buy them a drink but make sure it's a double or a triple shot so they get wasted faster."

Another said:

"You've gotta get them away from the other girls because they'll step in and try to stop you."

Another said:

"You annoy them. You keep pestering until they get sick of you and just give in."

These men understood the seriousness of sexual violence. Their discussions reflected a willingness to ignore the harm done to others.

David eventually became the father of twins, George and Katie.

Fatherhood did not soften him.

Whenever the children tried to spend time with him, he reacted with irritation rather than affection. One day he snapped:

"You two emasculate me! Nurturing children emasculates a man!"

He truly believed it.

His friends rarely saw emotion from him. He showed little warmth, little affection, and little vulnerability. Yet when he felt safe from consequences, he boasted about exploiting women to his male friends when he felt safe to do so -- leading to a loss of friends and police reports from said male friends. Whenever people reacted with disgust or threatened to involve law enforcement, he would uproot his family and move elsewhere on a town to town basis.

Joe kept trying to follow the trail.

Diana's mother did not.

Over time, David harmed numerous people, taking advantage of strangers. His victims included both acquaintances and strangers. He openly revealed how distorted his thinking had become.

At one point, after committing horrific sexually abusive acts against both strangers and members of his own family, his niece, Stacy, he sat alone laughing and said:

"They say that stranger danger is a myth, when in reality, i'll rape a stranger and my niece at the same time!"

His niece Stacy hid in her room in fear.

Later, when his sister visited, David asked:

"Do you think the man that rapes his sister would rape a stranger?"

His head twitched involuntarily.

His sister stared at him:

"Um... Are you okay? And of course."

David replied:

"Don't just hand her off to anyone."

The contradiction was chilling.

At another point he remarked:

"Most men don't rape? Why are there so many victims? Because the few rapists rape the many -- including the men."

Years later, Katie grew into a thoughtful but anxious young woman. Being autistic, she often struggled with uncertainty in friendships and worried constantly about what others thought of her.

One day she confessed to Diana:

"To this DAY I still get paranoid over if my female friends actually like me or if they're just pretending/being nice and judge me without me even knowing"

Diana answered gently:

"That paranoia will kill your friendship. You'll assume, then you'll argue as women do like they do in relationships, and then you'll break it off for a minor infraction."

Eventually, that fear damaged Katie's friendship with Tina.

Before their falling out, the two had spent hours discussing history.

Tina once argued:

"They weren't killing people for religious reasons, they did it to keep the population full of the dumb and docile to scare people into submission. To be able to lie to them about the bible because if a woman can't read it she can't teach it. No one liked them, but they knew they were next because they as civilians had to learn to read in secret and couldn't even ask God to heal the sick without being burned at the stake or try to save their ill loved ones with medicine."

Katie responded:

"Most who were burned were daughters of God, Christians. The witches today see them all as witches but no they were Christians. It's a ploy to murder people by a sadistic governmental king. A literally mad king or queen."

When the friendship eventually ended, Katie cried to her mother.

Diana simply hugged her and said:

"See, I told you this would occur."

It was a sad moment for both of them.

George's struggles were different.

He desperately wanted his father's approval, but David viewed kindness and caregiving as weakness.

He often lectured his son:

"When you get married, don't change diapers, cook or clean or you'll be less than a man."

At sixteen, George became a father himself.

Unlike David, he wanted to care for his child. He loved his son, Tobias, and tried to be present in his life. David mocked him relentlessly, calling him weak and ridiculing his devotion to his family.

One evening, standing beneath the dim greenish light of the house, George finally answered back:

"Well, maybe I wanna be less of a man?"

David slapped him:

"No gay boy's gonna be in my house"

Then he threw him out.

George left with Mya and Tobias and faced adulthood largely on his own.

Katie escaped as well.

Although David was not physically or sexually abusive toward her, he was verbally abusive and emotionally cruel to nearly everyone around him. By eighteen, she could no longer tolerate living with him.

She moved away.

Diana had divorced David when Katie was eight years old. Despite the concerns many people had about his behavior, David received custody after a court decision that Joe viewed as disastrously misguided.

As an adult, Katie carried many regrets and fears. Seeking stability and security, she eventually married a wealthy man named Tony.

Tony was respected by his followers.

Tony was powerful, rich and a cult leader.

To be continued...