On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness

Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by troway357924 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @09:06PM (#27044894)

I'll never forget the girlfriend who when I showed emotional vulnerability grabbed that knife and twisted it in the wound, telling me to man up. More painful than the immediate situation was the realization that I couldn't rely on her, that she was a fairweather girlfriend. Yes I broke up with her and yes I talked to a therapist about it. Never had a guy say anything like that to me. Other girlfriends have been there for me and were very supportive.

Maybe some parts of toxic masculinity are perpetuated more by women and the media than other men.

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Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by defterGoose on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:52AM (#27051486)

| Maybe some parts of toxic masculinity are perpetuated more by women and the media than other men.

Absolutely. During the Kavanaugh confirmation process I was blown away by how many women spouted off the "boys will be boys" excuse. It was frankly disgusting. In a similar way, the body image problems that so many women have are very much driven by male ideals about beauty.

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