The male ego is sexist and stingy.

"You let someone else have what's mine?"
I am mine.

"You were supposed to hold me down!"
I prefer to breathe, rather than hold twice my weight underwater, struggling to breathe because you're holding me both up and down. Wasting time and adding unnecessary weight with baggage.

"I've watched you grow up."
One of us had to. That does not mean you are entitled to my newfound confidence, independence, or intelligence.

The male ego forgets that women have hearts too.