Every man is the same.

We like to pretend that we aren't. We chant that some of us are good. That some of us are protectors. That we provide and do what is right in the world. But I promise you, every man is the same.

When we get alone at night, we all have our vices. Some are worse than others, and mine might compete with some of the worst.

But what makes me better is the fact that I don't act.

As I walk the street at night and see a pretty, young girl on the other side, I don't cross it. I stay put, using my imagination to fill the void of what I cannot actually do. I think about the knife. The one I always keep in my pocket. How quickly I could drain her blood and watch her skin go pale. She would be dead so quickly. I doubt anyone would even know it was me who did it.

But I'm a virtuous man. I am better than other men. I know we all think the same. I know some have acted on it. But those who don't are just better.

Virtuous men like me have too much at stake. I have a family. A wife, a son, and two daughters. I sometimes wonder if I will ever dream about killing my daughters the same way I do other girls. Whenever they are grown, will I want to take the knife on the dinner table and watch them bleed?

But it doesn't matter. As long as I don't do it, I am better. It doesn't matter if I spend hours at the store counter, looking at the different types of blades. It doesn't matter if the thought of a girl's blood turns me on. It doesn't matter if I stay awake at night, wondering if the neighbors would be able to hear my wife's screams. None of this matters because I am a virtuous man, so I will never act.

And anyways, why would I even try to change when all men are the same?