RD__III

RD__III t1_isb9agk wrote

What sort of bullshit is this? "dating life" Isn't even one of the top causes, let alone the single biggest. Causes such as

  1. lack of acceptance of emotional expression

  2. lack of emotional communication

  3. lack of support structures

  4. financial pressures and hardship

  5. lack of emotional acceptance (E.G. You)

are all larger causes than "can't get a girlfriend". This is a large and complex issue, and trying to twist this into some victim blaming chauvinist bullshit about objectification is insane.

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RD__III t1_isal4r9 wrote

Then why have suicide rates been consistently going up for the past couple decades?

As a man, It's really tough. You either go with the right where you have to "be a man" and have all these antiquated values thrown at your face, or you go with the left where "It's okay to be yourself*" (* unless yourself is anything that happens to actually align with traditional masculinity, at which point you need to change).

I've personally been shamed for multiple hobbies & personality traits that just so happen to align with conservative/traditional examples of masculinity, even though it's what makes me happy.

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RD__III t1_isajzfu wrote

>how the author doesn't understand what toxic masculinity is.

More so, you don't understand how it's being used erroneously. Things like "going to the gym" or "playing sports in school" are being labelled as toxic masculinity. It is important to understand that things can be masculine and not inherently bad, and that is a message many people don't understand.

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