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Re:I'm a feminist and I think it's harder to be a man than a... by M95D on Monday October 14, 2024 @03:25AM (#41835088)
The article didn't address the elephant in the room:

Women don't like men that act outside of the narrow box of masculine behaviour. Act weak, wear pink or be a homemaker and absolutely no woman would date you.

Re:I'm a feminist and I think it's harder to be a man than a... by defrost on Monday October 14, 2024 @04:17AM (#41835381)
Barry Humphries, who famously wore fabulous pink dresses as Dame Edna Everage, was married for 33 years to Elizabeth Spender (played the wife of Michael Palin's career torturer in Terry Gilliam's Brazil)

Point being, you've claimed as "absolute" something that is very clearly and absolutely not true.

Re:I'm a feminist and I think it's harder to be a man than a... by arunix on Monday October 14, 2024 @05:48AM (#41835902)
I'm not sure what that proves - the actor's wife is married to the actor, not to the character played by the actor.
Re:I'm a feminist and I think it's harder to be a man than a... by defrost on Monday October 14, 2024 @05:57AM (#41835942)
The actor wears pink - according to the GP that absolutely tanks any chance of dating (for the record, Barry's been cross dressing longer than he's been married, and his flamboyounce isn't limited to characters he plays on stage; he's very much of the world's a stage tradition).

Moreover than one single example of what a daft bit of absolutism the comment contained should prompt in any reasonable thinking person a host of other counter examples.

John Oliver - British dweeb with a high pitch voice and glasses? Married. For more than a decade. To a smoking hot former US Army medic.

Pretty sure Oliver can't bench press.

Adam Hills, Alex Brooker & Josh Widdicombe - host a disabled talk show (The Last Leg), Adam's missing a foot, Alex also along with flipper hands, and Widdicombe's an asthmatic. All married. With kids.

We can go on for a very long time here.

It's just a very stupid claim to make.

Re:I'm a feminist and I think it's harder to be a man than a... by M95D on Monday October 14, 2024 @04:40AM (#41835507)
OK, not "absolute". How about "vast majority"?
Re:I'm a feminist and I think it's harder to be a man than a... by jemmyw on Monday October 14, 2024 @04:07AM (#41835309)
It's just not true. For a start, pink men's clothes have been around for a good while now. Also if you thought your clothing colour choice was affecting your ability to date just wear another colour, talk about an easy change.

I've never been a "strong" man, physically or behaviourally. Bit of a joker sometimes, but mostly quiet, somewhat emotional. It never caused an issue. Of course, some women won't be attracted to that personality type, but then that'll be true in all directions.

I don't know, maybe it's the men and women who use the dating apps? Or maybe the problem is something else that you're doing?

Re:I'm a feminist and I think it's harder to be a man than a... by M95D on Monday October 14, 2024 @04:42AM (#41835516)
I'm married now, but I remember very well what girls/women were looking for 15-20 years ago.
Re:I'm a feminist and I think it's harder to be a man than a... by komali2 on Monday October 14, 2024 @08:53PM (#41843819)
Right, and like the article says, that's at least partially a patriarchal society drilling into them what "a real man" should look like and also that they should only date such men.

But even 40 years ago counter cultural hippies were doing fine. Maybe there was a dry spell of that in the 90s but certainly modern women are open to "nontraditional" men, especially once you look outside the west. E.g. what a westerner would consider "effeminate" is usually considered attractive in men in South Korea.

In the west there's certainly a large portion of women that find "nontraditional" men attractive.