Katerade44
Katerade44 t1_ivv0x7v wrote
Reply to What are your "reading goals"? by basketsnbeer
I find that such goals just create a burden and rob me of some of my enjoyment of reading. I simply read some every day as I have the time. Be it a half hour before bed or an entire afternoon. 🤷🏻♀️
Katerade44 t1_isel3nw wrote
Reply to comment by wonderfulstoryteller in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
Unbelievable? With the amount of MRA bullshit out there and one fan boy's description of a book. Nah. It's totally believable.
Katerade44 t1_isdpxw2 wrote
Reply to comment by pedestrianpinniped in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
There are stereotypes about literally every group of people. Are you seriously making the argument that anyone truly thinks that just going to the gym makes anyone a sexist a-hole? C'mon now.
Katerade44 t1_isdjcbw wrote
Reply to Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
To blame the slight rise in women's social and economic welfare for men, especially minority men, not having equity is just an insane take. That's what this book is trying to claim. This isn't about men v. women. This is about oppressive power structures largely created and propped up by white men being incrementally dismantled while many white men scramble to continue tear down any attempts at equity.
Katerade44 t1_isdjafn wrote
Reply to comment by FullAhjosu12 in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
This isn't about scarcity. To blame the slight rise in women's social and economic welfare for men, especially minority men, not having equity is just an insane take. That's what this book is trying to claim. This isn't about men v. women. This is about oppressive power structures largely created and propped up by white men being incrementally dismantled while many white men scramble to continue tear down any attempts at equity.
Katerade44 t1_isdhgdw wrote
Reply to comment by pedestrianpinniped in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
There is a difference between going to the gym and being a "gym bro." Again, so long as the person isn't actually displaying toxic masculinity by other behaviors, then no one gives a f*** if they frequent the gym.
Katerade44 t1_isd3zew wrote
Reply to comment by FullAhjosu12 in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
>It is actually possible to support the advancement of all groups at once. To want to see equal representation across all aspects.
That is feminism. It has always boggled my mind that a philosophy seeking to empower all genders is seen as anti-men.
Katerade44 t1_isd3qz5 wrote
Reply to comment by FullAhjosu12 in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
This book is a broad treatise. As for specific, it depends on your specific concerns: education, suicide rates, job demographics, etc.
Katerade44 t1_isczhk7 wrote
Reply to comment by pedestrianpinniped in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
No, mysandry (a much less common aspect of society) is held up as an excuse for MRA to try to put both all genders into narrow boxes of traditional gender norms.
Katerade44 t1_iscz2ya wrote
Reply to comment by FullAhjosu12 in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
I highly recommend more balanced works that address specific issues, not this blanket treatise.
Katerade44 t1_iscyw7z wrote
Reply to comment by SunStockMan in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
That is some MRA nonsense.
Katerade44 t1_iscynlg wrote
Reply to comment by pedestrianpinniped in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
No one but that one person is claiming that normal activities for any gender such as going to the gym are being labeled "toxic masculinity." That is the claim that I am saying is absurd and is not happening.
Katerade44 t1_isckwha wrote
Reply to comment by pedestrianpinniped in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
No, I am saying it isn't a real thing.
Katerade44 t1_isbj1ww wrote
Reply to comment by RD__III in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
As long as being "traditionally masculine" doesn't make you a jerk, no one on the left will have a problem with you. This hyperbole is so strange.
Katerade44 t1_isbisaa wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
I think you are confusing being a responsible adult with "being a man."
Katerade44 t1_isbilyb wrote
Reply to comment by RD__III in Finished a fantastic new book - Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do about It. by Dawens
No reasonable person, let alone the majority of the left, is claiming that those things are toxic. Stop with the overstatements.
Katerade44 t1_iw99r4m wrote
Reply to Where do you buy your books? by nothumaninside
Used book shops, both from actual stores and used book stores online. Mostly, though, I just use the library and the Libby app instead of purchasing books unless they are for my child.