Haha. Sorry. I should know better. You just strike me as the fiercely independent type. But I suppose everyone wants someone to stand by them for life. Anglerfish are a great example of how in the majority of species it's the female that is the strong, large, aggressive sex. We have a misconception of what it is to be a female, because among mammals (whose total species aren't very many--5,500 or so--while there are some 200,000 varieties of beetles, for example) males are so dominant. I wish this (well, biology and science, generally, for that matter) were taught more in school :/You really think I'd get a tattoo without researching it?
I cannot deny fiercely independent :) not in any way. But I would stop short of calling males parasites, which is where many go with that metaphor. I love many members of the fairer sex. Haha. Sometimes I feel like KB but the opposite, when he talked about how he realized he just loved women, as a gender/personality/whatever, and wanted to surround himself with beautiful, intelligent, clever women for his whole life. I don't love all men but there are some I greatly, greatly value. So really all I shy away from in the anglerfish parallels/metaphor is demoting men to mere parasites or leeches. I am not so radfemmy as all that.