Republican men seem massively troubled about their masculinity — and that’s literally causing death and suffering

  • ParsnipWitch@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Things like loyalty, honor, trust, accomplishment, etc. are happening in people themselves or in the personal relationships of individuals. How can a group of people give that to other people, when you don’t mean equal rights?

    The one example I can think of are orders of merit. But these are obviously not things people need to thrive or experience feeling valued.

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      1 year ago

      How can a group of people give that to other people, when you don’t mean equal rights?

      Because the point of the post is mental health, not the merits of egalitarianism. I just wanted to point out that, for the gross majority of human history, men’s muscles and reproductive expendability were uniquely valuable traits. With automation and intellectual pursuits, those traits aren’t quite so necessary.

      Or am I misunderstanding?

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        1 year ago

        No, I’ve just read it a view times now (“society / people need to value men more”) and I don’t understand how that’s supposed to look like in concrete action.

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          1 year ago

          Agreed; that’s the challenge. I don’t have a full answer, but I do know that it involves having something to work towards, not just something to fight against.